We remember too the loved ones into whose dear eyes we cannot look again. O God, in whom are both the living and the dead, you are still their life and light as you are ours. Wherever they may be, lay your hand tenderly upon them and grant that someday we may meet...
An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life--becoming a better person. -----------------------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: An arrogant person...
The one who is wise will see their life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours out what it receives; the reservoir retains the water till it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself. . . . Today there are many in...
Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it. from All Over But the Shoutin'
If you keep on chasing the wrong things in life, the right things will never be able to catch you.
This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of...
With life as short as a half taken breath, don’t plant anything but love.
Many people learn how to talk, but they don't learn how to listen. Listening to one another is an important thing in life. And music tells us how to do that.
What we had done was to seek out, in our chosen home community, those things that were the most meaningful to us. We realized that it is all too easy to ignore the natural beauty and simple pleasure right around us and to complain instead about dull surroundings or...
Far more people die of a withered heart than an inflated head. Never hold back from letting the people in your life know how beloved and beautiful they are.