Character and Conduct – 15 February – Duty
OUR duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
OUR duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
Lent is given to us so that we may have the opportunity to love one another more deeply through the means of loving ourselves a little bit less.
EVERY joy is gain, and gain is gain, however small.
Fasting is not about giving up on stuff but instead is about giving up on the direction we face.
The reason why men fail is, in five cases out of six, not through want of influence or brains, or opportunity, or good guidance, but because they are slack;
As we get ready for the beginning of Lent it is helpful to remember that we do not need to travel this journey from the old ‘me’ to the real ‘me’ alone.
OF all work producing results, nine-tenths must be drudgery. There is no work, from the highest to the lowest, which can be done well by any man who is unwilling to make that sacrifice.
Every time we pray, or study, or work, we are receiving to give away.
Order is man’s greatest need and his true well-being.
Confusion is the enemy of all comfort, and confusion is born of procrastination.