NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 155

• “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”—Paul Boese

• • "Better by far to have a small but living and growing faith than to be possessed of a great intellect with its dead stores of worldly wisdom and spiritual unbelief."
• • "I admonish you that, while you recognize temptation honestly and sincerely for just what it is, you intelligently redirect the energies of spirit, mind, and body, which are seeking expression, into higher channels and toward 
• more idealistic goals."
• • “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu
• • “It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.”—Maya Angelou
• • "Let me assure you, once and for all, that, if you dedicate your lives to the work of the kingdom, all your real needs 
• shall be supplied."  - Jesus
• • “Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”—Les Brown 
• • "When children have their ideals, do not dislodge them; let them grow. And while you are learning to think as men, you should also be learning to pray as children."
• • "One of the functions of humor is to help all of us take ourselves less seriously. Humor is the divine antidote for exaltation of ego."
• • "The presence of a helpless baby determined the early differentiation of male and female activities; the woman had to maintain a settled residence where she could cultivate the soil. And from earliest times, where woman was has always been regarded as the home."
• • "The miracle acknowledges everyone as your brother and mine. It is a way of perceiving the universal mark of God." 
• • "Jesus' disciples should be more than conquerors, even overflowing sources of inspiration and enhanced living 
• to all men."