Character and Conduct – 1 March – The Sin of Indifference
…lay aside, not all comfort – men have a right to that – but that excess of it which softens and enfeebles the soul
…lay aside, not all comfort – men have a right to that – but that excess of it which softens and enfeebles the soul
‘What hast thou done? Smooth religionist, orthodox Churchman, scrupulous Levite, befringed and bephylacteried Pharisee, thy brother’s blood crieth to Me from the ground!’
SELF-TRUST is the essence of heroism.
AFTER all, depend upon it, it is better to be worn out with work in a thronged community, than to perish in inaction in a stagnant solitude:
IT is better by a noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils which we anticipate, than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what may happen.
THE man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.
SHUN idleness, it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
Character and Conduct – 22 February – The Sin of Idleness THERE is a certain amount of work to be done in this world. If any of us does not take his full share, he imposes that which he does not take on the shoulders of another; and the first cause of poverty, of disease, of misery… Continue reading Character and Conduct – 22 February – The Sin of Idleness
We can’t spend our whole lives reading ‘sustaining books’ whilst others work their fingers to the bone around us. In the Christian Life we cannot be Martha or Mary (Luke 10.38-42)[3] we must needs be both!
Brilliant qualities may never be ours, but the homely virtues are within our reach, and character is built up not out of great intellectual gifts and splendid public achievements, but out of honesty, industry, thrift, kindness, courtesy, and gratitude, resting upon faith in God and love towards man.