For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted”‘ (Luke 18:9-14)ġ8The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.” But the tax collector stood at a distance. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: “God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector. All flows and connects so powerfully that if, in this life, you manage to become more gracious by even a drop, it is better for every bird, child, and animal your life touches than you will ever know.” (Father Zossima in The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoyevsky)ġ7“To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Such people feel pleasure in … in speaking truth for truth’s sake….( New Jerusalem 167)ġ5“Doing what is honest and just from a spiritual motive is doing it from honesty and justice itself, or doing it from the heart.” ( Heaven and Hell 530)ġ6“All is an ocean.
As a consequence, we have more immediate insight into every specific idea, and every perception and utterance of it.” ( Secrets of Heaven 1757)ġ3“We are not allowed to divide our minds… that is, to understand and speak truth and to will and do evil for then one faculty would look upward or toward heaven, and the other downward or toward hell, and thus we would hang between the two.” (Secrets of Heaven7180)ġ4“The signs that sins are forgiven… are the following. the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean.’ “ (Matthew 15:11-18)ĩ“And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.”(Matthew 22:16)ġ0“These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace.” (Zechariah 8:16 )ġ1“The very essence of your words is truth.” (Psalm 119:160)ġ2“After death, our thoughts become more distinct and clear for… our thought, now freed…becomes more spontaneous. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:33-37)ĥ“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:16)Ħ“Be who you are.” (Stephanie Eden Latta King)ħ“Is the life I am living the same as the life that wants to live in me?” (Chuck Blair)Ĩ“What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. Help us to take all the necessary risks to become the person we always wanted to be.” (Paulo Coelho)ģ“When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing - then we truly live life.” (Greg Anderson)Ĥ“How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” (Oprah Winfrey)ġ“If you see a difference between where you are and where you want to be – consciously change your thoughts, words, and actions to match your grandest vision.” (Neal Donald Walsch)Ģ“Lord, bless our week.
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