NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 467

 

• ·       "While your religion is a matter of personal experience, it is most important that you should be exposed to the knowledge of a vast number of other religious experiences ... to the end that you may prevent your religious life from becoming egocentric — circumscribed, selfish, and unsocial."

  ·       "Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality." - H. A. Overstreet

  ·       “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” — Oprah Winfrey

  ·       "The sincerity of any prayer is the assurance of its being heard; the spiritual wisdom and universe consistency of any petition is the determiner of the time, manner, and degree of the answer."

  ·       "The only question with wealth is what you do with it." - John D. Rockefeller Jr.

  ·       “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” — Bob Marley

  ·       "It is the mission of religion to prepare man for bravely, even heroically, facing the vicissitudes of life."

  ·       "Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them." - Leo Rosten

  ·       “A life lived with integrity… is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.” — Dennis Waitley

  ·       "Genuine spiritual faith (true moral consciousness) is revealed in that it: Produces a sublime trust in the goodness of God even in the face of bitter disappointment and crushing defeat."

  ·       "Violence is counter-productive and produces changes of a sort you do not want. It is a very dangerous instrument and can destroy those who wield it." - John Gardner