Character and Conduct – 22 April – Silence a great Peacemaker
HARD speech between those who have loved is hideous in the memory, like the sight of greatness and beauty sunk into vice and rags.
GEORGE ELIOT.
I DON’T want to say anything nasty, because nasty words always leave a scar behind.
Isabel Carnaby, ETHEL THORNYCROFT FOWLER.
SILENCE is a great peacemaker.
LONGFELLOW.
IF bitterness has crept into the heart in the friction of the busy day’s unguarded moments, be sure it steals away with the setting sun. Twilight is God’s interval for peace-making.
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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 