NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 196

• ·       "[Jesus] said: 'Be willing, then, to take up your responsibilities and follow me. Do your good deeds in secret; when you give alms, let not the left hand know what the right hand does.' "
  ·       Faith in the eternal is always justified, for the eternal
  is forever kind, infinite in its patience and wholly loving.
  It will accept you wholly, and give you peace.
  ·       "The religionist, not religion, proves the existence of the spirit realities and divine values which are to be encountered in the progress of eternity."
  ·       “To help yourself, help others. Whatever good you do travels a circle and returns to you many times over- but remember, life isn't about what you get, it's about what you become.” —Dennis Gaskill
  ·       “Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.” —Sally Koch
  ·       “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts . . . take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” — Marcus Aurelius
  ·       "When you know the Father, you are confirmed in the assurance of divine sonship, and you can increasingly love each of your brothers in the flesh, not only as a brother - with brotherly love - but also as a father - with fatherly affection."
  ·       “If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.”—Will Smith
  ·       "Education of public opinion is the only safe and true method of accelerating civilization; force is only a temporary expedient, and cultural growth will increasingly accelerate as bullets give way to ballots."