If

"If you can tell me why some should not be loved, you can in the same breath tell me why you cannot be a Christian." -Brian Zahnd

My religion

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Abraham Lincoln

By their fruits?

"The one and only test of a valid religious idea, doctrinal statement, spiritual experience, or devotional practice was that it must lead directly to practical compassion. If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express this sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness, this was good theology. But if your notion of God made you unkind, belligerent, cruel, or self-righteous, or if it led you to kill in God's name, it was bad theology."

Karen Armstrong, from "The Spiral Staircase : My Climb Out of Darkness"

For some reason---

"For some reason,the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. 'Blessed are the merciful' in a courtroom? 'Blessed are the peacemakers' in the Pentagon? Give me a break!" - Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

Realization

"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner." --Colette

Toughen our children?

It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless. -L. R. Knost

Love

You need Power, only when you want to do something harmful. Otherwise love is enough to get everything done. -Charlie Chaplin