“Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of your spirits. When you then take a deep breath and rise above the cares of this world and in an hour of leisure, you will surely win the proper frame of mind to face devoutly what is above us, with reverence, seeing in all events the manifestation of a higher guidance.” WorldMindHeartCareFacesSpiritWinningHoursAttitudeSeeingEventsThis WorldHigherDemandConcernTestsBreathsOccasionsGuidanceManifestationPurityReverenceLeisureRise AboveDeep BreathFrame Of MindTake A Deep BreathSteadfastness Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root.” DoeCareReligionMoralityRootsTestsFruitCoreGrades Book:Messenger of the Heart: The Book of Angelus Silesius with Observations by the Ancient Zen Masters Source: Messenger of the Heart: The Book of Angelus Silesius with Observations by the Ancient Zen Masters
“Power is the test. Some, once they have it, are content to buy the show of liking, and punish those who withhold it; then you have a despot. But some keep a true eye for how they seem to others, and care about it, which holds them back from much mischief.” ShowsSeemsEyeCareTestsMischiefDespots Author:Mary Renault
“I ... am endeavoring ... to attend to my own duty only as a Christian. ... let us take care that our Christianity, though put to the test ... be not shaken, and that our love for things really good wax not cold.” CareChristianMy OwnChristianityDutyColdTestsTake CareOur Love Author:William Samuel Johnson