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My Personal Antidepressant(continued)(page 10) |
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There is a certain luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we sometimes feel that no one ele has a right to blame us. ~Sterling W. Sill |
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... there is a fatality about unkept good resolutions. They give us some of those luxurious, though sterile, emotions that go with denying ourselves. They are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. Often our tragedies hurt us mostly because others know about them . We are sorry but not repentant. ~Sterling W. Sill |
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Fear not I am with thee, O be not dismayed, For I am thy God and will still give the aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. When through the deep water I cause thee to go, The rivers of sorrow shall not the o'erflow, For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace all sufficient, shall be thy supply. The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine. ~Attr. to Robert Keen, How Firm a Foundation |
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Because we don't want to miss anything, we hold too many "foot in the door" conversations with temptation. ~Sterling W. Sill |
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Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. Think of the times when you rose above your average level of performance and carried out an idea or a dream or a desire for which you had deeply longed. Think of the big moments in your life. Hang those pictures on the walls of your mind and look at them as your travel the roadway of life. ~quoted by Sterling W. Sill |
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And there went with [Saul] a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. (Samuel 10:26) Amid the entanglements of life's unknown, But support and cheer us, thou guardian friend; In bonds of fellowship with bands of men. Much is perplexing in life's every day With great complications obscuring the way; Because we are anxious to reach the end, Accompany us, Lord, with bands of men Men with compassion, men with zeal, Men who can think, men who can feel, Men whose hearts are touched by thee, Noble men, strong men, men who are free. ~James Preston Burke |
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I am not bound to win but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to suceed, but I am bound to live by the best light that I have. I will stand with anyone who stands right and I will part with anyone when he goes wrong. ~Abraham Lincoln |
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The best mind is not necessarily the one that first discovers the greatest truth, but rather the one that puts it to the most effetive use. ~Sterling W. Sill |
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Fight on my men, Sir Andrew sayes, A little Ime hurt, but yett not slaine, Ile but lye downe and bleede awhile, And then ile rise and fight a againe ~The Ballad of Sir Andrew Barton |
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What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods. ~Thomas Paine |
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We consider that God created man with a mind capable of instruction, and a faculty which may be enlarged in proportion to the heed and diligence given to the light communicated from heaven to the intellect; and that the nearer man approaches perfection, the clearer are his views, and the greater his enjoyments, till he has overcome the evils of his life and lost every desire for sin; and like the ancients, arrives at that point of faith where he is wrapped in the power and glory of his Maker, and is caught up to dwell with Him. But we consider that this is a situation to which no man ever arrived in a moment: he must have been instructed in the government and laws of that kingdom by proper degrees, until his mind is capable in some measure of comprehending the propriety, justice, equality and consistancy of the same. ~Joseph Smith, HC vol 2, p 8 |
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The evidence of our testimony, which finds its roots in personal revelation, embraces the reality of God, the church, and living prophets. In bearing this testimony we assume no obligation of proof. ... To prove the reality of any truth to someone who does not want to accept it is a rather fruitless endeavor. ~Joseph Fielding McConkie, Seeking the Spirit, p.8 |
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Thereafter he [the Tin Woodman] walked very carefully, with his eyes on the road, and when he saw a tiny ant toiling by he would step over it, so as not to harm it. ... "You people with hearts," he said, "have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful..." ~L. Frank Baum |
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Old Scottish minister: I hope if you don't arise instructed you will at least awake refreshed. |
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Western legend: man went up to the angel behind the counter and said, "I'm tired of hate, and war, and lust, and cruelty. I want love and peace and joy." To which the angel replied, "We don't sell fruits only seeds." |
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Freedom is a train on is tracks. |
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. |
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What we need to discover in the social realm is the moral equivalent of war: something heroic that will speak to men as universally as war does, and yet will be as compatable with their spiritual selves as war have proved incompatable. ~William James |
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Compensation The long black fingers of fate, who once dared reach out and steal my small cup of happiness, Now repentant offer me the well. ~Daylke King Seaile |
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Blessed am I that I am born to this land and that I had the luck to love her. What care I if queenly treasure is not in her store? Precious enough is for me the living wealth of her love. The best gift of fragrance to my heart is from her own flowers and I know not where else shines the moon that can flood my being with such loveliness. The first light revealed to my eyes was from her own sky and let the same light kiss them before they are closed forever. ~Tagore -- Indian poet writing of India |
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... most history is guessing and the rest is prejudice. ~Will Durant |
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If the average man had had his way there would probably never have been any state. Even today he resents it, classes death with taxes, and yearns for the government which governs least. If he asks for many laws it is only because he is sure his neighbor needs them; privately, he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous. ~Will Durant |
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We know the paths wherein our feet should press, Across our hearts are written Thy degrees. Yet now, O Lord, be merciful to bless With more than these. Grant us the will to fashion as we feel, Grant us the strength to labor as we know. Grant us the purpose, ribbed and edged with steel, To strike the blow. Knowledgfe we ask not -- knowledge thou hast lent; But Lord, the will -- there lies our bitter need. Give us to build above the deep intent The deed, the deed. ~John Drinkwater, from "A Prayer" |
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When a man and a woman fall sucessfully in love their whole activity is energized and victorious. They walk better, their digestion improves, they think more clearly, their secret worries drop away, the world is fresh and interesting, and they can do more than they dreamed they could do. In love of this kind, sexual intimacy is not the dead-end of desire as it is in romantic or promiscuous love, but periodic affirmation of the inward delight of desire pervading an active life. Love of this sort can grow, it is not, like youth itself, a moment that comes and is gone and remains only a memory of something which cannot be recovered. It can grow because it has something to grow upon and with. ~Walter Lippmann, A Prelude to Morals |
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Spirituality is ... nurtured in our actions of patience, kindness and forgiveness toward each other and in our appying gospel principles in the family circle. Home is where we become experts and scholars in gospel righteousness, learning and living gospel truths together. ~Spence W. Kimball, Ensign, January 1982 |
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... the family council is the basic council of the Church. ~Spence W. Kimball, Ensign, January 1982 |
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How that I could have had a better name By choosing differently to wed. Who knows, I might have been much better fed. I said I liked the skinny life. How could I be another husband's wife? Laughter, yet our silence spoke of Needs beyond our language; not bread, not love. I could have been another's wife, You teased, and walked in glory all my life. No humor made you feel you must Speak so, but shaded, tiptoed plea for trust. You think I could turn out the light Of vision, Love it was, but also sight. In choosing you I stood to gain. No one expects a birth that's free of pain. I have no hunger but to be So yoked. Our mutual straining make us free To seek immortal judgment's face As two who loved in trust, believed in grace. ~Nadine F. Neat, 1st place winner of 1982 Ensign poetry contest |
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It is difficult to live with tension, but mortality -- where we see through the glass darkly -- is filled with it. There are always ultimate answers to what may appear to be meaninglessness or inexplicability in our lives, though these are not immediately apparent to us, The Lord however, has promised to provide them -- eventually (
D&C 121:28-32;
101:27-35
). Any individual who insists that a good religious belief must explain all of life's contingencies if it is to be believable and acceptable should reread Job or take counsel from Elder Harold B. Lee who affirmed: "It is not the function of religion to answer all questions about God's moral government of the Universe, but to give courage (through faith) to go on in the face of questions he never finds the answers to in his present status. Therefore, take heed of yourselves, and as as a wise world thinker once said "If the time comes when you feel you can no longer hold to your faith, then hold to it anyway. You cannot go into tomorrow's uncertainty and dangers without faith'." ~Taken from Student Manual of Old Testament, 1 Kings - Malachi, p.28 |
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God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. ~Spencer W. Kimball, Ensign, Dec. 1974, p.5 |
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It was in a second grade elementary classroom. The student-teacher held the children captive with her story-telling skills. In great detail she told of a cross old man whose name was Mr. Black. In contrast the account was given in similar detail of a Mr. Brown who was kind and thoughtful and loved by evceryone. At the conclusion of the story, the teacher asked the children, "How many of you would like to be a neighbor of Mr. Brown?" Every hand was raised high. Then almost as an afterthought, she inquired if there was anyone who would like to have Mr. Black for a neighbor. A little boy in a faded green shirt near the back of the room began to raise his hand, which brought amusement from the children. Hesitating only briefly, he looked around at his friends and still mustered the courage to hold his hand high and to stand alone in his difference. When called on for an explanation of his single vote, he spoke in a soft tone. "Well," he said, "I'd like Mr. Black to be my neighbor because, if he was, my mom would make a cake for me to take to him, and then he wouldn't be that way anymore." A hush fell over the classroom. Everyone felt something wonderful that they couldn't explain. A little child broke the silence like a benediction: "Oh, I wish I'd said that." ~Ardeth Kapp, The New Era, April 1982, p.44 |
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