Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return.
That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look what happens with a love like that; it lights the Whole Sky.
When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has travelled only from himself to himself.
The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender’s inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for everyone else the proper pleasure of ritual.
Every person has both a bad heart and good heart. No matter how good a man seems, he has some evil. No matter how bad a man seems, there is some good about him. No man is perfect
For all who are led by the spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship.
