You Two… Build Your Own Quiet World August 21, 1966
All things need watching, working at, caring for, and marriage is no exception. Marriage is not something to be indifferently treated or abused, or something that simply takes care of itself....
Wishing to Learn… August 14, 1966
“All persons who have thought deeply, studied earnestly . . . know this,” said Mrs. Burton Chance. “There is help that comes . . . which freshens us, stimulates us, and gives us...
Will This Make Me Better? July 10, 1966
We cite two short sentences from ancient sources, one from Publilius Syrus which says: “Take care not to begin anything of which you may repent.” The other from Juvenal: “No man...
Who Have Not Patience… February 13, 1966
Times of personal trouble are times of self-searching and often bring out the inner qualities of character. Those who attend sick or sorrowing or deeply disappointed people, often see the qualities...
When It Happens--if It Happens January 23, 1966
In an essay “On Tranquility of Mind,” Seneca wrote some sentences concerning the disappointment, the discouragement, the sorrows that sometime come to all of us. “No one could...
What Are We Waiting For? November 27, 1966
What a Piece of Work Is Man! July 17, 1966
With days and months so swiftly moving, with life so short, so little time, so much to do, it seems sad that we should spend so much time in tedium and trivia and insignificant pursuits, when our...
Upon You in Your Youth… February 20, 1966
“The destiny of any nation, at any given time,” said Goethe, “depends on the opinions of its young men under five-and-twenty.” This focuses on the fact that the whole future...
Unanswered Yet?… May 15, 1966
Life is a search for all of us. It is a mixture of problems and accomplishment, of disappointment and hope, of fear and faith. There are times when we have a sense of assurance, and times when we...
To Shut Each Other Out… July 24, 1966
From a dramatic play we cite two sentences spoken between two people who found themselves drawn far apart, hardly aware that they had done so until the distance between them was wide and deep....
To Qualify for the Future… June 5, 1966
With the ever increasing importance of preparation, some simple, basic thoughts suggest themselves for young people who are searching for a future. We see those who drop out; those who refuse to...
Though I Cannot See All the Way… January 9, 1966
“If someone were to ask you to go to a moving picture of things that are going to happen . . . would you go?” asked William Frederick Bigelow. “Would you be willing to risk seeing...
The Uses of Adversity… January 30, 1966
“Sweet are the uses of adversity . . .” is often cited from Shakespeare, but adversity seems not always sweet or acceptable, as personally applied. It isn’t easy to concede, even...
The Pursuit of Happiness September 11, 1966
There are some fine distinctions to be found in the now immortal phrase, “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Life is an eternal fact; liberty, an inalienable right. But with...
The Pattern… the Purpose April 3, 1966
In the highs and lows of life, the unhappiness and happiness, despair and hope, there is much to make us search ourselves, and much to make us search outside ourselves. We read history; we see its...
The Conduct of One Hour November 13, 1966
Somewhere Before Evolution… May 22, 1966
There is the beauty of it, of the world and its wonders⎯the seasons, the sunset, the majesty of a storm-filled sky; the innocent eyes of a child, the wonderful welcome of loved ones; the awareness...
Should One Man Die Ignorant… July 31, 1966
Of man and his mind, Henry Giles said: “Man is greater than a world⎯than systems of worlds; there is more mystery in the union of soul with the body, than in the creation of a...
Safeguards in Making Decisions October 23, 1966
Decisions are often a struggle for all of us, with so much to do, so much to overcome, so much to decide. Sometimes our stubbornness enters in, sometimes our pride, sometimes our appetites,...