Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Lao Tzu (570 – 490 B.C.E.)
Lao Tzu Quote – “He who knows others is wise…”
He who knows others is wise, He who knows himself is enlightened. Lao Tzu (570 – 490 B.C.E.)
Lao Tzu Quote – “If you do not change direction…”
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Lao Tzu (570 – 490 B.C.E.)
Lao Tzu Quote – “Along the way to knowledge, many things are accumulated…”
Along the way to knowledge, many things are accumulated. Along the way to wisdom, many things are discarded. Lao Tzu (570 – 490 B.C.E.)
A. W. Tozer Quote – “Step out of the world’s parade…”
The moment we make up our mind, that we are going on with this determination to exact God over all, we step out of the world’s parade. We shall find ourself out of adjustment to the ways of the world, and increasingly so as we make progress in The Holy Way. We shall acquire a new viewpoint; a new and […]
A. W. Tozer Quote – “Everyone of us has had experiences which we have not been able to explain…”
Everyone of us has had experiences which we have not been able to explain: A sudden sense of loneliness, or a feeling of wonder or awe in the face of the universal vastness. Or we have had a fleeting visitation of light like an illumination from some other sun, giving us in a quick flash an assurance that we are […]
Friedrich A. Tholuck Quote – “If you cannot pray over a thing, don’t do that thing…”
If you cannot pray over a thing, and cannot ask God to bless you in it, don’t do that thing. A secret that you would keep from God is a secret that you should keep from your own heart. Open thy heart to God, if He be there, the outspread world will be thy book of prayer. Friedrich A. Tholuck […]
Saint Teresa of Avila Quote – “Settle yourself in solitude…”
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon Him in yourself. Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582)
Hillel the Elder Quote – “What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man…”
What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the entire Law. All the rest is commentary. Hillel the Elder (circa 110 B.C.E. – 10 A.D.)
William James Quote – “We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries…”
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversations but having no inkling of the meaning of it all. William James (1842 – 1910)