We must become the change we want to see. There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity. The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states. Faith must be enforced by reason. When faith becomes blind it dies. The Seven Deadly Sins are wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, business without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice and politics without principle. My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind. |