“We are developing new types of destitutes-the automobileless, the yachtless, the Newportcottageless. The subtlest luxuries of today reaches very high in the social scale... The end of it all is vexation of spirit.” EndsTodaySpiritSocialTypeScalesLuxuryDevelopingConsumerismOverconsumptionVexation Author:Walter Weyl
“Individually we can work on ourselves. By working on your own ego and developing truth, control, and an equitable inner dialogue, you individualize the spirit within you through the process of observation. If you work on yourself, the progress you make radiates invisibly to others, helping them and giving them courage, which also improves the global picture. After all-your ego is a part of the world ego, and as you control it, you lessen the overall influence of the world ego while expanding the presence of truth on our planet.” IfsWorldInspirationalGivingHelpingSpiritProcessProgressInfluencePlanetsEgoDialogueObservationDevelopingWithin YouExpandingOur PlanetEquitable Book:More Love: Tender Moments Source: More Love: Tender Moments
“In Zen the emphasis is on meditation and developing your body, mind and spirit to find inner peace, strength, clarity and enlightenment.” MindBodySpiritMeditationEnlightenmentYour BodyInner PeaceClarityDevelopingEmphasisIntroduction Author:Frederick Lenz
“We must never underestimate the power of the prayer that is lifted up by wonderful saints all around the world. Prayer is of paramount importance in developing our relationship with our Savior and in building up and supporting others through the work of the Holy Spirit.” WorldSpiritPrayerWonderfulBuildingHolyImportanceSaintAround The WorldDevelopingHoly SpiritSaviorOur RelationshipUnderestimateNever UnderestimateParamountBuilding Up Author:Will Graham
“The one reasonable goal of social life was affirmed to be the creation of a world of awakened, of sensitive, intelligent, and mutually understanding personalities, banded together for the common purpose of exploring the universe and developing the human spirit's manifold potentialities.” WorldHumansTogetherSpiritPurposeUniverseSocialUnderstandingGoalCommonCreationPersonalityIntelligentDevelopingSensitiveReasonableExploringHuman SpiritAwakenedSocial LifeManifoldCommon Purpose Book:Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels Source: Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels
“It is not merely the multiplicity of tints, the gladness of tone, or the balminess of the air which delight in the spring; it is the still consecrated spirit of hope, the prophecy of happy days yet to come; the endless variety of nature, with presentiments of eternal flowers which never shall fade, and sympathy with the blessedness of the ever-developing world.” WorldStillsSpiritAirFlowerEternalSpringDelightEndlessVarietyDevelopingToneFadesProphecyMultiplicityGladnessHappy DayBlessedness Author:Novalis
“Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.” MaySoulPainSpiritualSpiritDemandInstinctAthleteDevelopingMusclesBarriersKillersCrashKiller InstinctCompetitive Spirit Author:Germaine Greer
“What if all the forces of society were bent upon developing [poor] children? What if society's business were making people insteadof profits? How much of their creative beauty of spirit would remain unquenched through the years? How much of this responsiveness would follow them through life?” PeopleIfsYearsChildrenSpiritForcePoorCreativeProfitDevelopingWelfareWhat IfBentThrough The YearsSocial WelfareResponsivenessPoor Children Author:Mary Heaton Vorse