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A man cannot be cruel or a fool
alone on a great mountain.
Francis Kilvert (1840-1879), from his diaries
You will find something more in a forest
than in books.
Trees and stones will teach you
that which you can never learn from masters.
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), French Abbott
Thanks to highways, it is now possible to travel
from one side of the country to the other
without seeing anything.
Charles Kuralt (1934-1997), American journalist
He that plants trees
loves others besides himself.
English Proverb
A fool does not see
the same tree that a wise man sees.
William Blake (1757-1827), The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Don’t go around saying
the world owes you a living.
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain (1835-1910), American author and humourist
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than
a step in the work of the stars.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet, essayist and journalist
Where the telescope ends,
the microscope begins,
and who can say which has the wider vision?
Victor Hugo (1802-1885), Les Miserables
The earth is God’s,
and all that is in it.
The Bible, Psalm 24:1
The leaves fall, the wind blows,
and the farm slowly changes
from summer cottons into its winter wools.
Henry Beston (1888-1968), Northern Farm
In the cold midwinter icy wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone;
Snow was falling, snow on snow, Snow on
snow, In the cold midwinter, Long ago.
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), A Christmas Carol
We dig the ground
and plant the good seed on the land, but
food and water come
from God’s much stronger hand.
Jane Montgomery Campbell (1817-1878), 1861 hymn
translated from the German of Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)
In God we live and move
and have our being.
The Bible, Acts 17:28
Nature is but name for an effect,
Whose cause is God.
William Cowper (1731-1800), English poet and hymn writer
God gave Noah the rainbow sign,
no more water, the fire next time.
Home in that Rock (Negro Spiritual)
The wolf also shall live with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the young goat.
The Bible, Isaiah 11:6.
God made the country;
man made the town.
William Cowper (1731-1800), The Task (1785), book 1 ‘The Sofa’
Cain moved away from where God was,
and he made a city.
The Bible, Genesis 4:16-17
If being spiritual is being humble
in the face of forces greater than you,
and believing those forces
lean more toward being good than being bad,
then I'm a spiritual person.
Michael J. Fox (1961- ), Candadian actor, author, and producer,
Good Housekeeping, June, 2011
Are people monkeys or angels?
I am on the side of the angels.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), former British Prime Minister,
speech at Oxford, 25 November, 1874, The Times 26 November
Man is Nature’s sole mistake!
Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583), soldier, explorer and British MP
He made this world to be like the world above,
and below, and all in one.
The Zohar (Kabbalah), Jewish mystical writings
God is a circle of which the centre
is everywhere and the border is nowhere.
Empedocles (490-430 BC), Greek philosopher
Your body is the temple of God’s Spirit.
The Bible, I Corinthians 6:19
All we know of what they do above, is that
they are happy and that they love.
Edmund Waller (1606-1687), Upon the Death of My Lady Rich
(1645)
Oh God, if there be a God,
save my soul, if I have a soul.
prayer of a soldier before the battle of Blenheim, 1704
I said to the man standing at the door to the
new year, “Give me a light to help me walk
safely into the future.” He answered, “Go into
the darkness, and put your hand into the hand
of God. That will be to you better than a light
and safer than knowing the future.”
Minnie Louise Haskins (1875-1957), Desert (1908), ‘God Knows’
As I shouted,
growing more angry and wild at each word,
I believed I could hear one saying, “Child.”
And I answered, “My God!”
George Herbert (1593-1633), The Collar (1633)
Go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer and statesman
His eye is on the sparrow,
and I know he watches me.
Civilla D. Martin (1866-1948), Canadian-American hymn writer
Be strong, and be encouraged!
Do not be afraid; and do not be worried.
For God is with you wherever you go.
The Bible, Joshua 1:9
God hides himself from the mind of man,
but he shows himself to a man's heart.
African proverb
Can you by looking find out God?
The Bible, Job 11:7
No man has seen God at any time.
The Bible, John 1:18
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in truth.
The Bible, John 4:24
In His will is our peace.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian writer and philosopher
Be quiet, and know that I am God.
The Bible, Psalm 46:10
God stops talking to people
who do not want to hear.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902), author
Further Extracts from Notebooks (1934), page 279
Will the clay tell the potter what to make of it?
The Bible, Isaiah 29:16
If God be for us, who can be against us?
The Bible, Romans 8:31
Remember now your Maker,
in the days when you are young.
The Bible, Ecclesiastes 12:1
When I was young I remembered God.
Now that I am old, he remembers me.
Robert Southey (1774-1843), The Old Man’s Comforts (1799)
God be in my head and in my understanding.
God be in my eyes and in my looking.
God be in my mouth and in my talking.
God be in my heart and in my thinking.
God be in my end and in my leaving.
Sarum Missal 11th Century
In the measure that we give to God,
He will give to us.
Jesus, Luke 6:38
God does not see as people see.
People look on the outside,
but God looks on the heart.
The Bible, I Samuel 16:17
My house shall be called a house of prayer
for all people.
The Bible, Isaiah 56:7
People should always pray, and not give up.
Jesus, Luke 18:1
Your words are a light for my feet.
The Bible, Psalm 119:105
As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord.
The Bible, Joshua 24:15
22. Religion
I do not fear Satan half so much
as I fear those who fear him.
Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Spanish mystic and Carmelite nun
Beliefs separate us.
Dreams and pain bring us together.
Eugene Ionesco (1909-1994), Romanian playwright
We have enough religion to make us hate,
but not enough to make us love each other.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Thoughts on Various Subjects (1711)
Wise people all have the same religion.
But because they are wise,
they will not tell you what religion it is.
1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683), Bishop Gilbert Burnet
History of My Own Time, volume 1 (1724), book 2, chapter 1
You cannot put God in a box.
Author unknown
Where Jesus builds his Church,
the devil builds in the same place his temple.
Richard Bancroft (1544-1610), sermon at Paul’s Cross, 1588
A cult is a religion with no political power.
Tom Wolfe (1931- ), American author and journalist
What’s a cult? It just means
not enough people to make a minority.
Robert Altman (1925-2006), American film director and screenwriter
The devil is most dangerous
when people think well of him.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), English poet,
Aurora Leigh (1857), book 7
When religion was strong
and science weak,
men believed magic was medicine.
Now, when science is strong
and religion weak,
men believe medicine is magic.
Thomas Szasz (1920- ),
Hungarian psychiatrist and academic,
The Second Sin (1973)
The price of freedom of religion
is that we must put up with a lot of rubbish.
Robert Jackson (1892-1954), former U.S. Attorney General
Whoever obeys the gods,
to him they especially listen.
Homer (c. 800 BC-700 BC), Greek epic poet, The Iliad
Toward no crime
have men shown themselves to be so cruel
as in punishing differences of belief.
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), American poet, critic, and diplomat
Religion is a candle inside a lantern
with different colours.
Everyone looks through a different colour,
but the candle is always the same.
Mohammed Neguib (1901-1984), first president of Egypt
You can preach a better sermon with your life
than with your lips.
Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), Irish writer and physician
It is no use walking anywhere to preach
unless our walking is our preaching.
Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), Italian Catholic preacher
I will show you what I believe by what I do.
The Bible, James 2:18
If you pray, you will believe;
If you believe, you will love;
If you love, you will help.
Sister Teresa (1910-1997), Albanian Catholic nun
We need to put legs to our prayers.
Author unknown
This is my simple religion.
There is no need for temples;
no need for difficult philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;
the philosophy is kindness.
14th Dalai Lama (1935), Nobel laureate and spiritual leader of Tibet
Hate the sin, but love the sinner.
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), pacifist & ideological leader of India
When the gods wish to punish us,
they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish writer and poet,
An Ideal Husband, 1893
Danger past, God forgotten.
Scottish Proverb
There are only two ways to live your life.
One as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German physicist
Give thanks for unknown blessings
already on their way.
Native American Prayer
It is not happiness that makes us thankful,
but it is being thankful that makes us happy.
Scott Reed (1938- ), African-American author
The word enthusiasm
comes from the words “God in you”.
Anonymous
What hunger is to food, enthusiasm is to life.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), Welsh philosopher and historian
To become enthusiastic,
act like you are enthusiastic.
Percy H. Whiting, American writer, salesman, and speaker
Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will
come for miles to watch you burn.
John Wesley (1703-1791), English founder of the Methodist Church
Two people were watching a church burn down.
First person: I have never seen you
at this church before.
Second person: That is because this church
has never been on fire before.
Anonymous
There's one thing I wish I could give my family
and that is the Christian religion. If they had
that and I had not given them one cent,
they would be rich.
Patrick Henry (1736-1799), American orator and politician
One religion is as true as another.
Robert Burton (1577-1640), English scholar at Oxford University
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
The Bible, Deuteronomy 19:21
23. Dreams and Hopes
The one without dreams
is the one without wings.
Muhammad Ali (1942- ), American boxer, philanthropist, and activist
To do great things, we must not only act, but
also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France (1844-1924), French poet, journalist, and novelist
Nothing happens... but first a dream.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), American writer and editor
Faith is the proof of things we cannot see.
The Bible, Hebrews 11:1
But I am a dreamer
So you sent me away.
Sometimes we dreamers
Just get in the way.
Shawn Mullins (1968- ), American singer, Anchored In You
The only things that stand between a person
and what they want in life are the will to try it
and the faith to believe it is possible.
Rich Devos (1926- ), American billionaire and co-founder of Amway
24. How to be Successful
I don’t know the key to success,
but the key to failing
is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby (1937- ), American comedian, actor, author, and musician
Success won’t just come to you.
It has to be met at least halfway.
Frank Tyger (1929-2011), American political cartoonist
As a general rule the most successful man in
life is the man who has the best information.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), former British Prime Minister
The easiest success measuring tool
is a simple question:
What did you do today to move forward?
Rich DiGirolamo, American seminar speaker
Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got
where he is had to begin where he was.
Richard L. Evans (1906-1971), American writer, Mormon leader,
and former President of Rotary International
There is always room at the top.
Daniel Webster (1782-1852), American statesman and senator
Do the hard jobs first.
The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), American self-improvement lecturer
The art of being wise
is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James (1842-1910), American psychologist and philosopher
The road up and the road down
are one and the same.
Heraclitus (c. 540 to c.480 BC), Greek philosopher,
Diels & Kranz Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (1954)
If you don’t like what you’re doing,
then don’t do it.
Ray Bradbury (1920- ), science fiction, fantasty, and horror writer
When God is come
to mark against your name,
He writes not if you won or lost
but how you played the game.
Grantland Rice (1880-1954), American sportswriter,
Alumnus Football (1941)
25. Planning Ahead
Be prepared.
Boy Scout motto
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790), inventor, statesman, philosopher
Your choices today make your tomorrow;
you make your life through the power of choice.
Kathy Smith
The time to fix the roof
is when the sun is shining.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), 35th President of the United States
When the house closest to you is on fire,
it does not hurt to put water on your own.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish stateman and philosopher
Reflections of the Revolution in France (1790), page 29
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
Chinese Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine.
Author unknown
The future belongs
to those who prepare for it today.
Malcolm X (1925-1965), African-American Muslim minister and
human rights activist
In life, as in chess, planning ahead wins.
Charles Buxton (1823-1871), English brewer, writer, philanthropist, MP
You never miss the water
until the well has run dry.
Irish Proverb
For every minute you spend planning
an hour is saved.
Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790), inventor, statesman, philosopher
A good plan now
is better than a perfect plan next week.
George S. Patton (1885-1945), American army general
26. Time
The past is what we build on.
The present is what we build with.
The future is what we build.
Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950), Indian freedom fighter and writer
The present holds all that there is. It is holy
ground; for it is the past and it is the future.
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), English mathematician,
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), Cornhuskers (1918), “Prairie”
My interest is in the future because I am going
to spend the rest of my life there.
Charles F. Kettering (1876-1958), American inventor and engineer
The farther backward you can look,
the farther forward you are likely to see.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), former British Prime Minister
Buy back the badly used time of the past,
and live this day as if it were your last.
Thomas Ken (1637-1711), English cleric, bishop, and hymn-writer,
Morning Hymn (1709)
We live life forward,
but we understand it backwards.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Danish philosopher, Life
Tomorrow comes to us at midnight.
It's perfect when it arrives
and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learned something
from yesterday.
John Wayne (1907-1979), actor, film director, and producer
Today is the tomorrow
that we worried about yesterday.
Author unknown
How did it get so late so soon?
It’s night before it’s afternoon.
Dr. Seuss (1904-1991). American writer, poet, and cartoonist
Life is the little shadow which runs across the
grass and loses itself in the setting of the sun.
Crowfoot, last words (1890), Blackfoot warrior and orator
It is never too late
to be what you might have been.
George Eliot/Marian Evans (1819-1880), English writer
This is your life
and it’s ending one minute at a time.
David Fincher (1962- ), American film director
The more sand that leaves the hourglass
of our lives, the clearer we should see.
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French writer, philosopher and activist
We have only this minute,
melting like a snow flake.
Let us use it before it is too late.
Marie Beyon Ray, 20th Century American writer, and editor of Vogue
Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970), American author
In times like these it helps to remember that
there have always been times like these.
Paul Harvey (1918-2009), American radio broadcaster
What a difference a day makes!
Maria Grever (1894-1951), Mexican composer
Time is the great healer.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), Henrietta
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