Quotes About Guidance

Each night before falling asleep, Hill would close his eyes and imagine himself to be in the company of nine "invisible counselors" modeled after his nine greatest heroes: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Paine, Thomas Edison, Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, Luther Burbank, Napoleon Bonaparte, Henry Ford, and Andrew Carnegie.

This tendency toward magic and ritual is almost prevalent enough to be elevated to the level of a law analogous to the second law of thermodynamics, according to which randomness increases within any closed physical system: A religious culture left without strong guidance will tend toward increased ritual and magic.[25]

In the past we have had a light which flickered, in the present we have a light which flames, and in the future there will be a light which shines over all the land and sea.

In every local church there is a star;

David knew how to pray. He often inquired of Jehovah (1 Sam. 30:8; 2 Sam. 5:19, 23; Psa. 27:4). The best prayer is to inquire of the Lord step by step, according to the sense within. By inquiring in this way, we can easily receive God's leading, and we can work according to the leading.

Our conscience protests [39] continually. When you argue with your parents, the conscience says, "Don't do this." If you offend your parents, your conscience will trouble you for three nights. Every husband seeking to divorce his wife will also be convicted by his conscience. All men have a conscience. This is a great matter. In the normal Christian life we must all take care of our conscience in a suitable way.

Lord, I contact You in Your way. I don't contact You by my thought, concept, or knowledge. Lord, You are my way.

Frankly, I love the fact that God has a plan for every tomorrow of my life on earth and beyond. Even though I can't figure it all out, he's got it wired. This reassures me that I'm loved and safe. God knows our course, and he knows us. He loves us. He provides. He plans ahead.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

How is the schoolmaster, the nation, to know which boy needs the whipping?

The path that one person follows is not the correct path for any other person. Each of us must walk his own path to enlightenment— that is the way.

Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he'll escape.

I do not pretend to be a divine man, but I do believe in divine guidance, divine power, and in the fulfillment of divine prophecy. I am not educated, nor am I an expert in any particular field -- but I am sincere, and my sincerity is my credentials.

We ought to give good examples to our children, because if they see no uncomeliness, they shall be forced to follow goodness and virtue.

When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves.

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

In the midst of a vast field of numbers, a straight path opened before my eyes.

Solving a problem for which you know there's an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid.

We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as we've heard in fairy tales.

Luz et veritas, Light and truth

A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.

To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing--I'm sorry, I would rather not go on.

Oswald's approach to the future was simple: "Trust God and do the next thing.