Pastoral Resources

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.

I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.

Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don't think that's happened and it's been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

In a single moment, we witnessed the worst of human behavior. And in the next, the very best of human behavior. And even more, we witnessed the tremendous spirit of Americans.

There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.

When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from the known, were made to mirror the unknown spiritual truth.

Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.

I'm a very spiritual person, and proud of my Mormon roots.

It depends on how it is done but what we are drifting into, which is that people grow up without any sense of a spiritual dimension to life, is just impoverishing.

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.

We oppose occupation of land by force and we believe in dialogue as the method for regaining Arab rights. This is the spirit of the Great Arab Revolt.

In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.