Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. ”

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. ”

I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think and feel. ”

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. ”

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ”

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ”

Avoid popularity if you would have peace. ”

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed. ”

When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith. ”

God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance. ”