discipleship

We have to love technology enough to describe it accurately. And we have to love ourselves enough to confront technology's true effect on us.

Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.

Sometimes, too, when their spiritual masters, such as confessors and superiors, do not approve of their spirit and behavior (for they are anxious that all they do shall be esteemed and praised), they consider that they do not understand them, or that, because they do not approve of this and comply with that, their confessors are themselves not spiritual. And so they immediately desire and contrive to find some one else who will fit in with their tastes; for as a rule they desire to speak of spiritual matters with those who they think will praise and esteem what they do, and they flee, as they would from death, from those who disabuse them in order to lead them into a safe road__ometimes they even harbour ill-will against them. Presuming thus, they are wont to resolve much and accomplish very little. Sometimes they are anxious that others shall realize how spiritual and devout they are, to which end they occasionally give outward evidence thereof in movements, sighs and other ceremonies; and at times they are apt to fall into certain ecstasies, in public rather than in secret, wherein the devil aids them, and they are pleased that this should be noticed, and are often eager that it should be noticed more.

Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.

Change from despair to joy he made her extremely beautiful.

No one has ever been deeply changed by an act of the will. The only thing that can re-forge and change a life at its root, is love.

Contentment is not a power that may be exercised naturally, but a science to be acquired gradually.

We lose much consolation by the habit of reading His promises for the whole church, instead of taking them directly home to ourselves.

The cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires' astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training.

If any have more of the government of thee than Christ, or if thou hadst rather live after any other laws than his, if it were at thy choice, thou art not his disciple (331).

You can't guide someone into adulthood. The experiences are unique to each person. Deanna Troi

True masters deconstruct as well as reconstruct.

Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it. A temptation resisted may become more, not less, fierce.

Courage was not something one picked out of the air. It was something like a bank account. You could withdraw only so much before it was necessary to stop, to take the time to make new deposits.

Character is the main object of education.

After a sharp inward struggle, he concluded to stay and see it out. He should despise himself, more than he cared to face, if he gave in now.

To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.

Drivers should not drive more than a minute without having a (purposefully-designed) curve.