"As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."
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May 24, 2013
May 24, 2013
What is fragile is easy to shatter. What is small is easy to scatter - Lao Tzu
May 24, 2013
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get - Confucius
May 23, 2013
A starving person dwells inordinately on the thought of food. Likewise, a spiritually hungry person can only think of realization. One who has food can place it in the right context, just as one who has understanding can place it in the correct perspective - Deng Ming-Dao
May 23, 2013
Contemplate in the morning. Pull weeds in the afternoon. The joys and labor of a single day Are part of a whole journey - Deng Ming-Dao
May 23, 2013
"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
May 22, 2013
Scholars, drunk on words and obscure meanings, Weave a tangled web of concordances. Simple practice never occurs to them. Give up education, and the world will be better - Deng Ming-Dao
May 22, 2013
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
May 22, 2013
Nature flourishes at the expense of no one - Lao Tzu
May 21, 2013
You could labor ten years under a master Trying to discern whether the teachings are true. But all you might learn is this: One must live one’s own life - Deng Ming-Dao
May 21, 2013
The more laws there are, the greater the number of scoundrels - Lao Tzu
May 21, 2013
The more prohibitions there are, the poorer people become. The more weapo ns there are, the darker things become - Lao Tzu
May 20, 2013
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home - Confucius
May 20, 2013
Every man must have something he follows—something that serves him as a lodestar - Wilhelm/Baynes I-Ching
May 20, 2013
In friendships and close relationships an individual must make a careful choice. He surrounds himself either with good or with bad company; he cannot have both at once - Wilhelm/Baynes I-Ching
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