A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him. ------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: A person is great not because she or he hasn't failed; a person is great because failure hasn't...
03587 – Mind Your Own Business
One of the first things to learn if you want to be a contemplative is to mind your own business. Nothing is more suspicious, in a man who seems holy, than an impatient desire to reform other men.----------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version:...
03558 – Don’t Belittle My Soul!
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.______________________Gender-neutral paraphrase: I shall allow no person to belittle my soul by making me hate that person.
03459 – New Year, War, and Peace
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.---------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a...
03454 – Sunrise, Now Sunset
I am a man attempting to paint another picture of the same wonderful world, but I have turned my easel around. I've taken my best shot at the sunrise. Now for the sunset. from Death by Living: Life is Meant to be Spent
01290 – Creation: Scripture vs. Science
I don't think that there's any conflict at all between science today and the Scriptures. I think that we have misinterpreted the Scriptures many times and we've tried to make the Scriptures say things they weren't meant to say. I think that we have made a mistake by...