Toyohiko Kagawa Quotes

I read in a book that a man called Christ went about doing good. It is very disconcerting to me that I am so easily satisfied with just going about.

It is not enough to have ideals. We must translate them into action. We must clear our own little corner of creation.

In the heart of the God of the universe, each child of his is as necessary to him as the fingers are to the hand.-In the marvelous design of the universe, not even a sparrow can fall to earth meaninglessly.

As the sculptor devotes himself to wood and stone, I would devote myself to my soul.

Love is basic for the birth of a true society, while violence has in it the essence of anti-sociality. Love is positive, is eternal: violence is degeneracy, it is it's own destruction.

That God, Who dwells in my hand, Knows this secret plan Of the things He will do for the world Using my hand!

It becomes essential to choose one's path. Life consists in making these choices. One develops by choosing. It requires strength to become a child of God.

Science books are letters from God, telling how He runs His universe.

Though my muscles may stiffen, though my skin may wrinkle, may I never find myself yawning at life.

Not everything in man's life is summed up in the problem of food. Anyone who thinks that a civilization can be founded on bread alone makes a great mistake. No matter how much bread there is, it cannot produce a man: it can only nourish him. Life exists before food. Man's life comes from the very origin of life. Therefore civilization does not follow the forms of production. All social life follows the action of life.

The darkness is a holy of holies of which no one can rob me. In the darkness I meet God face to face.

Love is the ultimate revelation, the final sanctuary.

Men who fear to make the sacrifice of love will have to fight

Love is creation raised to a higher degree.