The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
J. C. Watts
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MOODY Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of hi... FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT The true measure of a man is how he treats you when others are not looking. ALESSANDRA TORRE I believe that the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt ... JOHN RUSKIN A man who makes a plate or a shirt or a loaf of bread or anything our great great ancestors called a... RENé DAUMAL And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! -- But the great Faith is Love! ARTHUR RIMBAUD And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! - But the great Faith is Love! ARTHUR RIMBAUD Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other b... HENRI NOUWEN It is not what to do, but how much love we put into the doing. We can do not greats, only small thin... MOTHER TERESA Great faith in God is the grace of His glory. 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That worship idols, wood and stone,
If they the book Go... ISAAC WATTS But Thy good word informs my soul
How I may climb to heaven. ISAAC WATTS Let not soft slumber close your eyes,
Before you've collected thrice
The train of action throu... ISAAC WATTS Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound. ISAAC WATTS In books, or work, or healthful play,
Let my first years be past,
That I may give for every da... ISAAC WATTS How fine has the day been! how bright was the sun,
How lovely and joyful the course that he run!
... ISAAC WATTS But, children, you should never let
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never mad... ISAAC WATTS How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
Fro... ISAAC WATTS The size of the universe depresses many people, but not me, I'm delighted at it ALAN WATTS Misty Copeland is making history. During American Ballet Theatre's current season at the Metropo... HEATHER WATTS I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't abo... CHARLIE WATTS The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulatin... ALAN WATTS Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks. ISAAC WATTS But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us. ALAN WATTS In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the Unit... ALAN WATTS You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the oce... ALAN WATTS But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. ALAN WATTS And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on. ALAN WATTS Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ag... NAOMI WATTS The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. ALAN WATTS Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. ALAN WATTS You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you. ALAN WATTS I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which i... ALAN WATTS No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for... ALAN WATTS How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instr... ALAN WATTS The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identica... ALAN WATTS But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet,... ALAN WATTS To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water,... ALAN WATTS He (Gould) didn't like being looked at that made an ongoing concert career impossible. He didn't enj... ANDRE WATTS It's not enough to play the best you can it takes a certain amount of luck. It's like blessings from... ANDRE WATTS The last few years have been a bit of a struggle. I got over the brain thing and my hand has come ba... ANDRE WATTS He (Gould) didn't like being looked at – that made an ongoing conce... ANDRE WATTS The conductor said that I won precisely because I made this mistake and managed to continue playing. ANDRE WATTS When you went to hear one of these people, ... it was their conviction that got you. They were each ... ANDRE WATTS It's not enough to play the best you can – it takes a certain amoun... ANDRE WATTS I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people. HEATHER WATTS Arts education is a big part of building a 21st century creative mind, and I think that we have let ... HEATHER WATTS Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between ri... ALAN WATTS I don't think immortality is necessarily the key to understanding the world. You have to be care... REGGIE WATTS The mind does different things in performance, and conscious thought sometimes takes a backseat. REGGIE WATTS With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our ti... HEATHER WATTS When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali o... NAOMI WATTS Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inherita... ALAN WATTS