“He who never looks up to a living God, to a heavenly presence, loses the power of perceiving that presence, and the universe slowly turns into a dead machine, clashing and grinding on, without purpose or end. If the light within us be darkness, how great is that darkness!” IfsLooksEndsLightPurposeTurnsUniverseLosesDarknessMachinesLook UpHeavenlyLight Within Book:Self-culture, lectures Source: Self-culture, lectures
“Religion is life, philosophy is thought; religion looks up, friendship looks in. We need both thought and life, and we need that the two shall be in harmony.” NeedsLooksTwoPhilosophyReligionLife PhilosophyHarmonyLook Up Author:James Freeman Clarke
“A politician thinks of the next election; a statement of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The statesman wishes to steer, while the politician is satisfied to drift.” ThinkingLooksCountryNextPoliticsWishPartyGenerationsPoliticianElectionSatisfiedStatementsNext GenerationStatesmenSteers Author:James Freeman Clarke
