Category: Thought of the day

December 19  Real goodness is in your hands. It follows a good person as a shadow follows its object.  Everything which can make us better and happier was given to us by God. If our conscience is clear, then nothing can harm us.  EPICTETUS  They who have decided to dedicate their lives to spiritual perfection… Continue reading December 19

December 18  Mankind moves ceaselessly toward perfection , not of every person ‘ s accord , but through the efforts that some particular individuals make toward their personal perfection .  The kingdom of God will be created by these individual efforts .  Do not be embarrassed by all your bad deeds , by all your… Continue reading December 18

December 17  Our understanding of ourselves as discrete beings separate from each other grows out of conditions of our life in time and space.  The less we feel this separation, the more we feel our unification with all other living creatures, the lighter our load, and the more joyful our life will be . (***)… Continue reading December 17

December 16 Only the spread of love between people can improve the existing social structure. Love gives meaning to human life. This we have known since antiquity. But what is love? Many wise people have tried to answer this question. If you raise people to praise only wealth, power, and glory, then naturally they will praise… Continue reading December 16

December 15  Only misconceptions need to be supported by elaborate arguments.  Truth can always stand alone.  All goodness is as nothing compared to the goodness of truth; all sweets are as nothing compared to the sweetness of truth. The bliss of truth surpasses all other joys in the world. -BUDDHIST WISDOM  A person cannot be… Continue reading December 15

December 14  A person who becomes close to God understands that God lives within him. Angelus, a mystical poet of the       seventeenth century, said, “I see God with the same eye with which He sees me.” -HENRI AMIEL  The soul of a person is the lamp of God -The TALMUD  People do… Continue reading December 14

December 13  The meaning of FAITH  True faith is faith only if the actions of your life are in harmony with it and never contradict it. During the day you should behave in such a way that you can sleep at night in peace; and in your youth you should behave in such a way… Continue reading December 13

December 12  Kindness defeats everything and can never be defeated. You can stand firm in a fight against everything except kindness – JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU  It is not the blaming of evil but the glorifying of goodness that creates harmony in our life.  LUCY MALORY  If a good action has an ulterior cause, then it… Continue reading December 12

December 9  Man’s purpose is to serve all mankind, not to serve only one man while doing harm to others.  For a Christian, the love of one’s motherland can be an obstacle to the love of one’s neighbor.  Lost souls escape their loss of control in patriotism.  DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON  Patriotism is not a virtue. … Continue reading December 9

December 8 It seems so easy to fulfill the law of God that is expressed in the Christian teaching, but we are still so far from this fulfilment!  The law of right living is not immediately clear to the wise man, but it becomes much clearer when he follows it. The law of right living… Continue reading December 8