Reason to Respect Ourselves… February 16, 1969
“The best way to study human nature,” said Tom Masson, “is when nobody else is present.”1 We often ask why other men don’t do better than they do; why others...
Have Faith! Go Forward! February 9, 1969
On this George Washington week end, thankfully we think upon what is made possible by patriots and honest, hardworking people, past and present − and by Divine Providence. Nowhere in history have so...
That Is All There Is to You… February 2, 1969
There is a line from Emerson which somewhat summarizes life’s purpose in one short sentence: “Make the most of yourself,” he said, “for that is all there is to you.”1...
To See Something Get Going… January 26, 1969
“Life,” said Benjamin Disraeli, “is a tumble-about thing of ups and downs.”1 There are times when all of us feel overburdened, with debts, with obligations, so many things...
While You Are Making Other Plans January 19, 1969
Somewhere we have read a sentence which says “Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans.”1 We are all subject to unexpected events. We all need each other. No man ever...
When People Once Are in the Wrong… January 12, 1969
“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it,” said Confucius, “is committing another mistake.” 1 Having in mind that all of us make mistakes, we turn to...
The Beauty of Good Beginnings January 5, 1969
“There is a human instinct,” said Phillips Brooks, “which tells us the [while] our life…is meant to have a great continuousness…[it is also] meant to be full of new starts…It is...