I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
02421 – Right, Love, Truth & Strength
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02389 – Build Strong Children
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.-------------------------Gender-inclusive version: It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults.
02237 – Doubt is the Beginning of Real Faith
The problem with accepting truth as it comes to us rather than truth as we divine it for ourselves is that it's not worth dying for--and we don't. It becomes a patina of ideas inside of which we live our lives without passion, without care. This kind of faith happens...
02178 – Whose Side are We On?
It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed--this, despite the gospel. from Jesus and the Disinherited
01949 – Trust Me to Carry It for You
So the line had stuck in my head. “Sex,” I was pretty sure, meant whether you were a boy or girl, and “sin” made Tante Jans very angry, but what the two together meant I could not imagine. And so, seated next to Father in the train compartment, I suddenly asked,...
00060 – Strengthening Our Egos
There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right. Being right is identification with a mental position — a perspective, an opinion, a judgement, a story. For you to be right, of course, you need someone else to be wrong, and so the ego loves to make...
01861 – Who Receives More Flowers?
Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.
01817 – Conquering Darkness
Now, every time I witness a strong person I want to know: What darkness did you conquer in your story? Mountains do not rise without earthquakes.
01774 – Compared with the Lion
"I have come," said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at once to look pale and shadowy compared with him.
01761 – Struggles Make Us Stronger
Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.