“The closest natural area to you is the wild, naturally intelligent biological community within you.” CommunityNaturalAreasIntelligentIntelligenceWithin YouClosest Author:Michael J Cohen
“I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.” YoungConservativeExtremesWitRadical Author:Robert Frost
“She was drowning-in friendliness, in community-and she was starting to think she didn't want to get pulled out.” ThinkingWantCommunityStartingDrowningFriendliness Author:Tricia Goyer
“Do you know...what I think is a great pity? It is this: that we have all become such skeptics that we hardly believe what our pious grandmothers told us.” ThinkingKnowsBelievePityGrandmotherDo You KnowSkepticPious Author:Isak Dinesen
“How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.” WellsBraveryBraveBridges Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“Hope is the expectation of fulfillment that is anchored in God's promise to meet my need. Hope is not based on my emotional or mental determination. It is rooted in God. Quite simply, we are optimistic because we have placed our hope.” NeedsHopeEmotionalPromiseExpectationsDeterminationEncouragementOptimisticFulfillmentRooted Author:Marilyn Meberg
“Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on the royal way and count the miles." As I said, the virtues are at the midpoint between excess and laxness. That is why it is written, "Do not turn to the right or the left" (Prov 4:27) but travel on the "royal way" (Num. 20:17). Saint Basil also says, "The person who does not allow his thoughts to incline towards excess or deprivation but directs it to the midpoint, that of virtue, is upright in heart."” WayHeartPersonsDoeSaidTruthTurnsLeftVirtueWrittenMiddleSaintMilesExcessRoyalEldersDeprivationInclineBasil Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“Many flatter themselves and consider themselves to be good, humble, and meek, but they will discover the contrary under temptation. Do not not become despondent in temptations, then, but give all the more thanks to God that He thus brings you to what is hidden in your heart - the knowledge of yourself - and wishes you to be corrected and be saved.” GivingHeartWishHumbleBe GoodContrarySavedTemptationThanksWish YouMeekLife StruggleDespondent Author:Tikhon of Zadonsk
“I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.” WorldWholePowerWorld HistoryIcyCarried Away Author:Robert Frost