“It is through solving problems correctly that we grow spiritually. We are never given a burden unless we have the capacity to overcome it. If a great problem is set before you, this merely indicates that you have the great inner strength to solve a great problem. There is never really anything to be discouraged about, because difficulties are opportunities for inner growth, and the greater the difficulty the greater the opportunity for growth.” IfsProblemSpiritualOpportunityGivenGrowsGrowthGreaterCapacityOvercomingDifficultyBurdenSolveInner StrengthProblem SolvingDiscouragedInner Growth Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“In what region of the earth ever so remote from us, in what corner of creation ever so far out of the range of our communication, does not some burden lightened, some bond loosened, some yoke lifted, some labor better remunerated, some new hope for despairing hearts, some new light or new liberty for the benighted or the oppressed, bear witness this day, and trace itself, directly or indirectly, back to the impulse given to the world by the successful establishment and operation of free institutions on this American continent?” WorldHeartDoeLightEarthGivenLibertySuccessfulCreationCommunicationBearsLaborIndependenceInstitutionsBurdenCornersWitnessImpulseRangeOperationsRegionsThis DayEstablishmentContinentsOppressedIndependence DayYokeNew Hope Book:Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1869-1879 [i.e. 1878 Source: Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1869-1879 [i.e. 1878
“Writers are given the responsibility of sight. I think that the whole burden, responsibility and beauty of the gift forces us to construct our lives differently so that we are able to become vehicles to transcend, to encompass and articulate not only our own experience but the experiences of others.” ThinkingWholeAbleGivenForceResponsibilityOur LivesSightBurdenVehicleConstructs Author:Alexis De Veaux
“It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.” SoulHelpingMightSongGivenWishFlowBurdenMy SoulEase Author:Bobby Womack