Reading--and Character and Wisdom January 25, 1959
Seldom in life do we find ourselves living or working under ideal conditions. There are delays and distractions. There are times of waiting — waiting for people, for appointments — waiting for many...
Principles… and Personal Peace April 26, 1959
As to people and principles and personal peace, we recall this quotation accredited to a significant source: “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for...
People… Principles… and Popularity April 5, 1959
In a moving and most meaningful utterance, the Master of mankind thus prayed for those whom the Lord God had given him: “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that...
Out of the Best Books… January 18, 1959
Today we should like to turn to rich rewards of reading — not reading merely for the purpose of passing time, but for the purpose of discovering truth, of discovering what thoughtful men think....
Our Need of Others--Always July 26, 1959
“The young, whether they know it or not, live on borrowed property, wrote Sir Richard Livingstone. All of us borrow much from many, from the present and the past, and we are deeply indebted to...
On Knowing the Truth August 23, 1959
Some centuries ago Nicholas Ling said, “Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.” And John Lock later added, “A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths which his...
Of Mothers, of Daughters, of Wives… May 17, 1959
In speaking of mothers, of daughters, of wives, we should like to turn a moment or two to the place of women in the world. Of course in some respects it has so greatly shifted—so greatly that...
O Man, Whosoever Thou Art… October 25, 1959
There is a long-told tale of Alexander the Great, who paused, at the age of thirty-two at the tomb of Cyrus the Great⎯Cyrus who had preceded Alexander by some two centuries. Each in his own time had...
Never Make Life Smaller April 12, 1959
Decisions can be exceedingly difficult, and in one sense, there are no unimportant decisions, for even small decisions often indicate character and judgement. Any expression of preference may...
Love at Home… November 22, 1959
An able physician recently suggested three short questions that could be asked to indicate how well a particular person might adjust to troubles and tensions: If the patient or the person can...
Little Brass Nails… September 27, 1959
Perhaps all of set our hearts upon some things which, after we acquire them, seem somewhat shallow, or at least unessential. And when we wonder why we wished for them so much and worked for them so...
Letting Habits Harden July 12, 1959
Time passes with exceeding swiftness between the time when we are very young and free and flexible until the time when thoughts and habits and attitudes become somewhat firmly fixed. And since fixed...
If Washington Were Here… February 22, 1959
Our problems seem very different in some ways from those that Washington faced at Valley Forge, but the principles that pertain to people basically, are constant. And if George Washington were here...
Idleness and Inactivity September 13, 1959
There comes a time in the lives of those who live longer, when for one reason or another, they must alter their activities. Things change, and people change, and personnel and procedures change....
Humility, Hard Work, and Integrity June 7, 1959
We are mindful these days of young people who are moving into life’s more permanent pursuits. We are mindful also of the many decisions facing those who have completed some part of their...
Home Is Yet Wherever She Is May 10, 1959
In speaking to an occasion a century or so ago, Rufus Choate left some lines on love of country that seem to have as much of meaning for love of home: “There is a love,” he said,...
Health… Happiness… and Physical Fitness May 3, 1959
In a few sentences we should like to share some thoughts on physical fitness, on health and happiness. People may perform well despite physical frailties, despite impairments, despite ill health,...
He That Will Have His Son Respect Him… June 28, 1959
On the teaching and training of children, John Locke said: “For you must take this for a certain truth, that let them have what instructions you will, and ever so learned lectures…daily...
Happiness--and the Paradox of Comparison August 9, 1959
A sentence written some two or more centuries ago is significant in the search for the happiness that all of us so much seek. “If one only wished to be happy,” it says, “this could...