I've always thought, "We need each other." Liberals need each other (and vice-versa). Cocky folks need timid people. Spirituals need the skeptical. We learn off each other and benefit. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the...
02517 – Spirit-Infused Self-Control
God did not give you the spirit of control over others, nor did God give others the spirit of control over you, but instead God gave you the spirit of self-control, of self-discipline, and self-moderation. Because the Holy Spirit lives in you, you are...
01853 – The Critic Doesn’t Count
It is not the critic who counts. ... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly ... who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall...
01464 – The Church was Silent
The Church confesses her timidity, her evasiveness, her dangerous concessions. ..She was silent when she should have cried out...she failed to speak the right word in the right way at the right time.
00226 – Meek is Not Weak
“The meek are partakers of the divine blessing…for they shall inherit the land.” In English, the word “meek” has come to be about the same as “weak” or “harmless” or “spiritless.” It is thought that a meek person is something of a doormat upon which others wipe their...