Youth--and Uncertainties and Decisions May 22, 1960
Decisions are difficult for everyone⎯and perhaps especially for those who are pursuing or finishing their period of preparation: where to work, when to marry, how long to prepare, what commitments...
Work: Satisfaction and Shock Absorber September 11, 1960
In living with ourselves, and in learning to live with life, work is one of life’s surest satisfactions, and one of its surest shock absorbers. Work is much less wearing than worry, and often...
When to Repent and Improve… January 3, 1960
We are disposed to attach particular significance to certain times and seasons. We look to special days and anniversaries and events. We speak of special hours the eleventh hour, the midnight hour....
What We Choose to Think… October 30, 1960
There sometimes comes the question: Where do thoughts come from? How can they be controlled? By some it may be assumed that we are not responsible for the thoughts we think, since we cannot say for...
What We Are to Be, We Are Becoming… November 13, 1960
What Takes Our Time…? December 11, 1960
To quote again from Carlyle: “Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.” In this day and season of many pressures, we frequently feel we ought to do more than we...
What Manner of Men They Were… July 24, 1960
Each generation leaves the future to take on some of the problems of the past, solving some and adding others, appraising principles, struggling with compromise, sometimes deviating, sometimes...
What Exile Leaves Himself Behind? August 14, 1960
It is apparent that at times the pressures of life are upon us all. Anxieties, difficulties, decisions⎯even opportunities weigh heavily under some circumstances. And, collectively, we meet pressures...
Truth, Half-Truth, and Subtle Suggestion April 10, 1960
Words are often overworked to exaggerate or overemphasize, and often also to deceive by half-truth or by subtle suggestion. A half-truth can in fact obscure the whole truth. A half-truth can...
To Think as He Ought… November 27, 1960
Further as to the thoughts we think, and our responsibility for all our actions and words: This subject seems somehow to be summarized in a single sentence from Pascal, who said: “Man is...
Thoughtfulness… August 7, 1960
We sometimes wonder what others think of us, but most of they time they do not think of us at all. Often, they are so absorbed with their own thoughts, with their own problems, with the impressions...
Those First Speechless Years… July 17, 1960
It was written of John Ruskin that “the home atmosphere in which [he] grew up was one of utter peace and complete order. The relation between his father and mother was a beautiful one. There...
This Same Jesus… April 17, 1960
Of such a time as this, a Scottish poet said “The holy spirit of the Spring is working silently.” And, to this Tennyson added: “Once more the Heavenly Power makes all things new, ....
The Waste of Doing Only Average December 4, 1960
We would preface these thoughts with a quotation from Carlyle: “men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.” This suggests of course, the willingness to use as fully...
The Warning Signs and Symptoms January 24, 1960
Speaking again of the power of prevention: Often we become so busy that we ignore the symptoms and the warning signs in many matters. Under the pressures of the lives we live, we sometimes become so...
The Quality of Sincerity March 13, 1960
In considering some essential qualities of character, an industrialist had this to say of sincerity: “I am as certain as one can be, . . . that a great deal of any absence of industrial...
The Quality of Loyalty March 20, 1960
One quality of character that must not be overlooked is the quality of loyalty. It is essential in every worthy relationship of life: in families; among friends; between teammates; between employer...
The Quality of Kindness March 6, 1960
In the observations of an eminent industrialist we find some comments on the quality of kindliness: “Next I think I would choose kindness in its widest sense. Not, please not, either the...
The Quality of Courage… February 14, 1960
“Whatever you do,” said Emerson, “you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which...
The Morality of Work… October 9, 1960
There is a side of the subject of work that should be considered. For want of a better word we might call it the worthiness of work. Work takes our time, and time is the very essence of life, and...