Quote of the day, April 16

Martin Luther

“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.”

Quote of the day, Jan. 26

Mohandas K. Gandhi (1948)

“I want you to take a vow that you will never again listen to the voice of Satan and abandon the way of brotherliness and peace.”

Quote of the day, Nov. 28

Proverbs, 17:28

“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.”

Quote of the day, Oct. 30

Soren Kierkegaard, on the inner life

“A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.”

Quote of the day, Oct. 22

Exodus, 2:22

“I have been a stranger in a strange land.”

Quote of the day, Oct. 9

Proverbs, 29:18

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”

Quote of the day, Oct. 5

Thomas à Kempis, from The Imitation of Christ (1427)

“How quickly passes away the glory of the world.”

Quote of the day, Aug. 29

Annie Besant, on thought

“Thought is just not something objective in our heads. Thought is power—real, objective power. Moreover, the thoughts we create have a life of their own. They have a kind of material reality that affects other people for good or ill—hence our responsibility to chose.”

Quote of the day, Aug. 21

Soren Kierkegaard, from Fear and Trembling

“The true knight of faith is a witness, never a teacher, and therein lies his deep humanity, which is worth a good deal more than this silly participation in others’ weal and woe which is honored by the name of sympathy, whereas in fact it is nothing but vanity.”

Quote of the day, July 6

From Psalm 103

“Sanctorum velut aquilae juventus renovabitur.” (English translation: “Your youth is renewed like the eagle’s plumage.”