“Friends given by God in mercy and in love; My counsellors, my comforters, and guides; My joy in grief, my second bliss in joy; Companions of my young desires; in doubt My oracles; my wings in high pursuit. Oh! I remember, and will ne'er forget Our meeting spots, our chosen sacred hours; Our burning words, that utter'd all the soul, Our faces beaming with unearthly love;-- Sorrow with sorrow sighing, hope with hope Exulting, heart embracing heart entire.” HeartSoulRememberFacesYoungJoyDesireGivenHoursForgetGriefDoubtFriendsSorrowMercySacredWingsMeetingsGuidesPursuitChosenSpotsBurningBlissCompanionOraclesComforterCounsellorsSorrow Love Author:Robert Pollok
“Some persons hold that, while it is proper for the lawgiver to encourage and exhort men to virtue on moral grounds, in the expectation that those who have had a virtuous moral upbringing will respond, yet he is bound to impose chastisement and penalties on the disobedient and ill-conditioned, and to banish the incorrigible out of the state altogether. For (they argue) although the virtuous man, who guides his life by moral ideals, will be obedient to reason, the base, whose desires are fixed on pleasure, must be chastised by pain, like a beast of burden.” MenPersonsStatesReasonPainLawDesireJusticePleasureMoralVirtueExpectationsIdealsBoundsIllBurdenGuidesArguingFixedBeastVirtuousPenaltiesUpbringingObedientChastisementIncorrigibleBeast Of Burden Author:Aristotle
“The Scoutmaster guides the boy in the spirit of an older brother... He has simply to be a boy-man, that is: (1) He must have the boy spirit in him: and must be able to place himself in the right plane with his boys as a first step. (2) He must realise the needs, outlooks and desires of the different ages of boy life. (3) He must deal with the individual boy rather than with the mass. (4) He then needs to promote a corporate spirit among his individuals to gain the best results.” MenNeedsFirstsDifferentAgeAbleSpiritDesireIndividualResultsDealsStepsBoysBrotherMassGainsGuidesCorporatePlanesRealisingFirst StepsOutlookOlder BrotherDifferent AgesScoutmasters Author:Robert Baden-Powell
“He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef).” ActionDesireEffortConflictEssenceMeetingsGuidesContactPointingQualifications Author:Mansur Al-Hallaj
“Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did with the Israelites, to bring them step by step across the desert to the promised land. Ah! what will be your blessedness, if you will but surrender yourself into the hands of God, permitting Him to do whatever He will, not according to your desires, but according to His own good pleasure?” IfsHandsDesirePleasureStepsLandTrustGuidesSurrenderCommitDesertHands Of GodPromised LandBlessedness Book:Spiritual Progress Source: Spiritual Progress