“You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind....Cain slew his brother. Can might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings. This was not to be, and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin.” HumansHas BeensMightBlackLinesHuman BeingsLordClassMankindBrotherHabitBlessingLowsSkinsMarkNosesFlatsMight Have BeenDeprivedDisagreeablePriesthoodCainHuman FamilyMormonismTerminationUncouthBlack Skin Author:Brigham Young
“One of the most melancholy consequences of this habit of deferring to other nations, and to other systems, is the fact that it causes us to undervalue the high blessings we so peculiarly enjoy; to render us ungrateful towards God, and to make us unjust to our fellow men, by throwing obstacles in their progress towards liberty.” MenFactsNationsCausesEnjoyLibertyProgressHabitBlessingConsequenceFellowsObstaclesMelancholyThrowingUnjustFellow ManUngrateful Author:James F. Cooper
“this one whom habit of memory propels to the ground of his making, sleeper only the mortal sounds can sing awake, this blessing love gives again into our arms.” GivingChildrenSoundMemoriesArmsHabitBlessingMortalsAwakeSleepers Author:Galway Kinnell
“I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness.” PeopleThinkingAsksKnowingTroubleListeningPrayingHabitBlessingMindfulnessAtheistSirensAmbulance Author:Geraldine Brooks
“I have so fixed the habit in my own mind that I never raise a glass of water to my lips without a moment's asking of God's blessing. I never seal a letter without putting a word of prayer under the seal. I never take a letter from the post without a brief sending of my thoughts heavenward. I never change classes in the section room without a minute's petition on the cadets who go out and those who come in.” MindWarMomentsWaterMy OwnPrayerRoomsClassMinutesHabitBlessingLettersAskingRaisesLipsGlassesPostsFixedSectionsMy ThoughtsNever ChangeSealsPetitionsConfederateSilent PrayerCadets Author:Stonewall Jackson