A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.
Thomas Merton
The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 15:33
The English Standard Version
The important thing is not to think much, but to love much, and so to do what best awakens us to love.
Teresa of Ávila
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God’s seed will come to God’s harvest.
Samuel Rutherford
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
James 1:5-6
The New King James Version
Happiness is the practice of the virtues.
Clement of Alexandria
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God’s promises of guidance are not given to save us the bother of thinking.
John R. W. Stott
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
Colossians 1:11-12
The Revised Standard Version
In me there is darkness, but with thee there is light. I am lonely, but thou leavest me not; I am feeble in heart, but thou leavest me not; I am restless, but with thee there is peace; In me there is bitterness, but with thee there is patience. Thy ways are past understanding, but though knowest the way for me.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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You are that which you are seeking.
Francis of Assisi
Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.
2 Timothy 2:7
The Revised Standard Version
A man told his wife that on a particular Friday he was going into the boss’ office to request the raise that he believed he more than deserved. He was quite nervous and upset. When he finally got his courage to go into the boss’ office toward the end of the day, the boss agreed that he deserved the raise and gave him even a larger increase in salary than he had anticipated. When he arrived home, he noticed the dining room table was set with the best dishes. There were candles burning. His wife was preparing a delicious meal. He thought to himself, “Someone has called her from the office to tell her.” He went into the kitchen, told her the good news, they kissed, and then soon sat down at the table for a delicious meal. Beside his plate was a beautifully lettered note which read: “Congratulations, darling! I knew you’d get the raise. These things will tell you how much I love you.” They enjoyed the delicious meal together. When she got up to get the dessert, he noticed a second card fell from her pocket. He bent over, picked it up, and read: “Don’t worry about not getting the raise. You deserved it anyway. These things will tell you how much I love you.”
Joe A. Harding
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Of all human pursuits the pursuit of wisdom is the most perfect, the most sublime, the most profitable, the most delightful.
Thomas Aquinas
All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.
Matthew 23:12
The New Revised Standard Version
Giving is living. Taking is not.
Unknown
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Neither power nor wealth, neither education nor ability, neither gifts of creativity nor stores of human energy can insure against the reality that suffering will be our companion at some time during our journey. It is a presence as inseparable from the human condition as food and oxygen are from human life. It is part of our legacy.
Paula Ripple
Wisdom is good with an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun. For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Ecclesiastes 7:11-12
The English Standard Version
A good man finds every place he treads upon holy ground; to him the world is God’s temple.
John Smith
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Pure wisdom always directs itself towards God; the purest wisdom is knowledge of God.
Lew Wallace
He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:9-11
The New King James Version
Wonder is the basis of Worship.
Thomas Carlyle
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When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible. Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God.
James M. Houston
Claiming themselves to be wise without God, they became utter fools instead.
Romans 1:22
The Living Bible
A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully written; but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and action of His people.
Charles H. Spurgeon
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All the wisdom in the world and all human cleverness compared with the infinite wisdom of God is sheer and extreme ignorance.
John of the Cross
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
Psalm 51:1-2
The English Standard Version
Worship is a way of living, a way of seeing the world in the light of God. To worship is to rise to a higher level of existence, to see the world from the point of view of God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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In the West you have another kind of poverty, spiritual poverty. This is far worse. People do not believe in God, do not pray. People do not care for each other. You have the poverty of people who are dissatisfied with what they have, who do not know how to suffer, who give in to despair. This poverty of heart is often more difficult to relieve and to defeat.
Mother Teresa
The wise of heart is called a man of discernment, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.
Proverbs 16:21
The Revised Standard Version
We can thank God for everything good, and all the rest we don’t comprehend yet.
Kristin Armstrong
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