-"It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship...There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal and their life is to ours as a life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit...Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."
C.S. Lewis
side note, even a gnats heart has some nutrients.
-"An intelligent being, in the image o9f God possesses every organ, attribute, sense, sympathy, affection of will, love, power, and gift, which is possessed by God Himself.
But these are possessed by man in his rudimental state, in a subordinate sense of the word. Or in other words, these attributes are in embryo; and are to be gradually developed. They resemble a bud-a germ, which gradually develops into bloom, and then, by progress, produces the mature fruit after it's own kind."
Parley P. Pratt
-"We believe that we are the offspring of our Father in Heaven, and that we possess in our spiritual organizations the same capabilities, powers, and faculties that our Father possesses, although in an infantile state, requiring us to pass through a certain course or ordeal by which they will be developed and improved, according to the heed we give to the principles we have received."
Lorenzo Snow
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Well, I do appreciate the shout-out. Although I clearly recognized the line meant for me, I see several other options. The reference to a "germ" is interesting ;).
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