“The father spent his time talking and thinking of religion. He proclaimed himself an agnostic and was so absorbed in destroying the ideas of God that had crept into the minds of his neighbors that he never saw God manifesting himself in the little child that, half forgotten, lived here and there on the bounty of her dead mother's relatives.” ThinkingMindChildrenLittlesIdeasMotherFatherHalfTalkingSawsForgottenNeighborManifestDestroyingAgnosticHere And ThereBountyDead Mother Book:Winesburg, Ohio Source: Winesburg, Ohio
“These American values, this great moral heritage, is shared and lived in my religion as it is in yours. I was taught in my home to honor God and love my neighbor. I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.” HomeValuesFatherMoralSawsTaughtKingsHonorAnd LoveNeighborMarchHeritageLutherAmerican ValuesGod And Love Author:Mitt Romney
“Therefore, is thy brother a sinner? Then cover his sin and pray for him. Dost thou publish his sins, then truly thou art not a child of your merciful Father; for otherwise thou wouldst be also as he, merciful. It is certainly true that we cannot show as great mercy to our neighbor, as God has to us; but it is the true work of the devil that we do the very opposite of mercy, which is a sure sign that there is not a grain of mercy in us.” ChildrenArtShowsFatherSinBrotherPrayingDevilMercyOppositesNeighborSinnerGrainPublishMerciful Author:Martin Luther
“When we learn from our cause and effect we increase our positives, we chip away and hopefully eliminate our negatives, so we can be beneficial to everyone else. It's not about being good for me, it's about being the best that I can be so I can be a good husband, father, and neighbor.” I CanFatherCausesEffectsHusbandIncreaseBe GoodNeighborHopefullyBeing The BestChipsBeneficialCause And EffectGood Husband Author:Ted Nugent
“My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.” PersonsSometimesMotherFatherParentChurchNeighborMinistersGentlemanTerrific Author:Jane Pauley
“What but education has advanced us beyond the condition of our indigenous neighbors? And what chains them to their present state of barbarism and wretchedness but a bigoted veneration for the supposed superlative wisdom of their fathers and the preposterous idea that they are to look backward for better things and not forward, longing, as it should seem, to return to the days of eating acorns and roots rather than indulge in the degeneracies of civilization?” ShouldLooksIdeasStatesSeemsFatherConditionsReturnCivilizationEatingRootsLongingNeighborChainsIndigenousIndulgeBarbarismIndulge InWretchednessVenerationAcornsSuperlatives Book:Thomas Jefferson, revolutionary philosopher: a selection of writings Source: Thomas Jefferson, revolutionary philosopher: a selection of writings
“Love is this divine ingredient. It alone describes what can be our perfect relationship to our Heavenly Father and our family and neighbors, and the means by which we accomplish His work.” LoveMeanFatherPerfectLove IsDivineAccomplishNeighborOur FamilyHeavenlyIngredientsHeavenly FatherPerfect Relationship Author:David B. Haight