Character and Conduct – 15 January – Harmony
… HAVE good will
To all that lives, letting unkindness die
And greed and wrath; so that your lives be made
Like soft airs passing by.
… Govern the lips
As they were palace-doors, the King within;
Tranquil and fair and courteous be all words
Which from that presence win.
… Let each act
Assoil a fault or help a merit grow :
Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads
Let love through good deeds show.
The Light of Asia, E. ARNOLD
THE Past is something, but the Present more;
Will It not, too, be past? Nor fail withal
To recognise the Future in your hopes;
Unite them in your manhood, each and all,
Nor mutilate the perfectness of life !
You can remember; you can also hope.
A. H. CLOUGH
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These quotes are from ‘Character and Conduct’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.
Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1905 as a follow up to her volume of Daily Readings for members of the Being and Doing Guild who asked for an additional volume
In her preface Whishaw writes:
‘This collection of noble thoughts expressed by men and women of past and present ages who have endeavoured to leave the world a little better than they found it.’
It is my hope in publishing the her readers may be inspired to imitate the example of the authors.
Suffolk Vicar 