“I do my work easily and joyously. I feel beauty all around me and I see beauty in everyone I meet, for I see God in everything. I recognize my part in the Life Pattern and I find harmony through gladly and joyously living it. I recognize my oneness with all mankind and my oneness with God. My happiness overflows in loving and giving toward everyone and everything.” GivingFeelsMankindHarmonyPatternsOnenessOverflow Author:Peace Pilgrim
“The character of Jesus has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the strongest incentive in its practice, and has exerted so deep an influence, that it may be truly said that the simple record of three years of active life has done more to regenerate and to soften mankind than all the disquisitions of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.” YearsMaySaidDoneCharacterThreeJesusSimplePracticeVirtueRecordsInfluenceMankindHighestPatternsPhilosopherActiveStrongestThree YearsIncentivesMoralistActive Life Author:Ravi Zacharias
“Yet it would be unfair to the generality of our kind to ascribe to their intellectual and moral weakness the gradual divergence of Buddhism and Christianity from their primitive patterns. For it should not be forgotten that by their glorification of poverty and celibacy both these religions struck straight at the root not merely of civil society but of human existence. The blow was parried by the wisdom or the folly of the vast majority of mankind, who refused to purchase a chance of saving their souls with the certainty of extinguishing the species.” ShouldHumansKindSoulWould BeChanceExistenceMoralChristianityPovertyMankindBuddhismIntellectualWeaknessRootsMajoritySpeciesForgottenPatternsBlowSavingCertaintyFollyPrimitiveUnfairHuman ExistenceCivil SocietyCelibacyGeneralitiesGlorificationDivergenceBuddhism And Christianity Author:James G. Frazer
“The weaving of mankind into one community does not imply the creation of a homogeneous community, but rather the reverse; the welcome and adequate utilization of distinctive quality in an atmosphere of understanding.... Communities all to one pattern, like boxes of toy soldiers, are things of the past, rather than of the future.” DoePastUnderstandingCommunityQualityMankindCreationSoldierPatternsBoxesWelcomeAtmosphereToysReverseAdequateDistinctiveWeavingHomogeneousUtilizationToy Soldiers Book:The Outline of History: The Roman Empire to the Great War Source: The Outline of History: The Roman Empire to the Great War
“Very sacred is the vocation of the artist, who has to do directly with the works of God, and interpret the teaching of creation to mankind. All honor to the man who treats it sacredly; who studies, as in God's presence, the thoughts of God which are expressed to him; and makes all things according to the pattern which he is ever ready to show to earnest and reverent genius on the mount.” MenShowsArtistStudyTeachingMankindCreationHe ManReadyGeniusHonorAll ThingsTreatsSacredPatternsVocationEarnestGod's Presence Author:Jason 'J' Brown
“Many of us are experiencing a phase of change, shedding outdated patterns and liberating ourselves from the old by moving on to the new. The year 2012 is an important one for mankind, a pivotal year. The potential for this exists in the mere fact that the majority of us are yearning for change.” YearsImportantFactsMovingMankindMajorityMerePatternsYearningPhasesLiberatingOutdatedPivotal Author:Shari Arison
“All human behavior, all human motivations, all man’s hopes and fears, were heavily colored and largely controlled by mankind’s tragic and oddly beautiful pattern of reproduction.” MenHumansBeautifulMotivationMankindBehaviorPatternsTragicControlledHuman BehaviorReproductionHopes And Fears Book:Stranger in a Strange Land Source: Stranger in a Strange Land