“We are to regard the mind, not as a piece of iron to be laid upon the anvil and hammered into any shape, nor as a block of marble in which we are to find the statue by removing the rubbish, nor as a receptacle into which knowledge may be poured; but as a flame that is to be fed, as an active being that must be strengthened to think and to feel -- and to dare, to do, and to suffer.” ThinkingFeelsMindMaySufferingPiecesShapesRegardDareActiveBlockFlamesIronFedsStatuesMarbleRubbishHammeredAnvils Book:Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses Source: Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses
“Whatever capacities there may be for enjoyment or for suffering in this strange being of ours, and God only knows what they are, they will be drawn out wholly in accordance with character.” KnowsMayCharacterSufferingStrangeCapacityEnjoyment Book:Teachings and Counsels: Twenty Baccalaureate Sermons; with a Discourse on President Garfield Source: Teachings and Counsels: Twenty Baccalaureate Sermons; with a Discourse on President Garfield
“Guided by His wisdom, strong in His strength, there maybe for you struggle and suffering, the darkness and the storm. "The disciple is not above His Master." There may be weeping that shall endure for a night, but joy shall come in the morning. If the night cometh, so also the morning, "a morning without clouds," the morning of an eternal day.” IfsMayJoyNightSufferingStrongMorningDarknessStruggleMastersEternalEndureCloudsStormDiscipleWeeping Author:Mark Hopkins
