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.)
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 […]
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 […]
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)
William James Quote – “The spiritual life justifies itself to those who live it…”
The spiritual life justifies itself to those who live it, but what can we say to those who do not understand? This, at least, we can say: that it is a life whose experiences are proved real to their possessor, because they remain with him when brought closest into contact with the objective realities of life. Dreams cannot stand this […]
Dhu’l-Nun Quote – “When I love a servant, I am his ear…”
So God most high has said, “When I love a servant, I am his ear, so that he hears by me; I am his eye, so that he sees by me; and I am his tongue, so that he speaks by me.” Dhu’l-Nun (796 – 859)
Zhuang Zhou (Chuang Tzu) Quote – “He who is controlled by objects Loses possession of his inner self…”
When he tries to extend his power over objects Those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects Loses possession of his inner self. If he no longer values himself, How can he value others? If he no longer values others, He is abandoned. He has nothing left. Zhuang Zhou (369 – 286 B.C.E.)