A Step at a Time February 20, 1949
Most men resist sudden change. But there are ways in which tremendous changes can come, almost without our being aware of it. By small steps we may arrive at the same destination, which if we had...
Be Wary How Ye Judge September 11, 1949
It is high tribute to say of any man that he is just in all his judgments. And it is higher tribute to be able to say that he is generous as well as just in judgment. Ungenerous judgment is an...
Children--and Time November 6, 1949
It is quite common to hear comment and concern about the weakening and waning of home influence and discipline. It is not unusual to hear parents complain that they have tried...
Criticism of Criticism September 25, 1949
Of all the cants that are canted in this world, thought the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, the cant of criticism is the most tormenting.” Perhaps we can all echo these words of an...
Dangerous Delays October 16, 1949
Things that are done too late don’t count. At least, they don’t count as much as things that are done when they should be done. Time is an element in everything we do⎯and it often runs...
Discipline for Living March 27, 1949
Educated!---Now What? June 5, 1949
Each year we see the pouring forth from school doors millions of youth variously classified and labeled and certified as to their attainments and degrees of excellence in the great business of...
Fear--and Failure November 13, 1949
It would be interesting to know how many worthwhile things we could have done and should have done that we failed to do because we were afraid. We sometimes assume that we are more afraid than other...
Freedom From Offensive Speech July 10, 1949
How Not to Lead People July 31, 1949
Like most stories that are old, this one has been told with many variations at successive seasons: It is the story of the man who was frantically following a crowd that had moved far ahead of him....
Impatience With Imperfection April 10, 1949
Sometimes when we see what others have done, we wonder why they didn’t do better. We often wonder why past generations didn’t do things differently. When some new improvement comes...
Is It Fun to Be Fooled? October 30, 1949
It has been some two centuries since Thomas Gray wrote this sentence: “Where ignorance is bliss ’tis folly to be wise,” thus perpetuating a much-quoted phrase on a...
Is It Right? June 19, 1949
Constantly we are all confronted with many prospects and possibilities and proposals. Indeed, life is an endless series of decisions. And one of the questions frequently asked when proposals are...
It's Being Done May 15, 1949
Sometimes when we are asked why we do something, we have no better answer to offer than the fact that “It’s being done.” But there ought to be a better reason for doing something...
Let There Be Light! January 2, 1949
Looking Beyond Labels June 26, 1949
Emerson wrote in one of his essays: “I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names…” It is undeniably true that we often accept things for what they seem to be on...
On Acquiring a Reputation January 16, 1949
On Being at Our Best August 14, 1949
Perhaps most of us give way at times to actions and attitudes and utterances which we would not ordinarily approve in ourselves or in others. But whenever we depart from our most acceptable selves,...
On Being Sure About Things We Don't Know January 23, 1949
One of the startling qualities of humankind is the quality that sometimes permits us to be so sure about things we don’t know – to be so utterly positive in our opinions, and yet so wrong....