Ultimately, the entire universe. . . has to be understood as a single undivided whole.
We are all human magnets. Our deeds, attitudes and thoughts attract in kind. Gets back with interest exactly what he sends.
Building a successful life is much like building anything else: it should be thoroughly thought about in advance and then carried through to completion.
When the Lord starts out to make an oak tree, he takes a hundred years to do it in, but he can make a pumpkin in 90 days. More or less life is like that. We must choose whether we desire to become and oak tree or a pumpkin.
Everything depends on attitude. We are ambitious or lazy, enthusiastic or dull, loyal or undependable, according to our attitude. We get good grades or poor grades - according to our attitudes. Discouragement is an attitude. Lack of industry is an attitude. Failure to follow instructions is an attitude. attitude
No temptation is a temptation, unless we are entertaining it.
The best way to improve our lives is to improve our thoughts.
If I was talking about making a song special, I probably meant getting the lyrics and arrangement together, or getting some instrument that's going to tie the whole thing together. That can take months, or it can happen really fast.
Someone need not be perfect to be a great dancer - feeling a soul is more important than what the body can do.
I think there are families that are very kind and supportive of people's ability to change. People who come from such families may go through life without dipping into the dark night.
Service is the highest form of prayer as far as I am concerned.