The great act of faith is when man decides that he is not God.
- Topic: Faith
- Location: Yosemite National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.
We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.
In walking, the will and the muscles are so accustomed to working together and performing their task with so little expenditure of force that the intellect is left comparatively free.
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Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.
The same power that rose Christ from the dead, is living inside of you.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
Confidence…thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
Realizing the Divine as Truth will save you hours of work in research in any field. You will be led to the right book or the right place or the right person without loss of time, or the necessary information will come to you in some other way.
Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.