If Every Man Took Only What Was

You Have Heaven Adorned, Earth Beautified, The Sea Populated With Its Own Creatures, The Air Filled With Birds Which Scour It In Every Direction. Studious Listener, Think Of All These Creations Which God Has Drawn Out Of Nothing; . . . Recognize Everywhere The Wisdom Of God; Never Cease To Wonder, And, Through Every Creature, To Glorify The Creator.

If You See Your Neighbor In Sin, Don't Look Only At This, But Also Think About What He Has Done Or Does That Is Good, And Infrequently Trying This In General, While Not Partialy Judging, You Will Find That He Is Better Than You.

We Should Not Think That We Achieve Success In Preaching Through Our Own Devices, But We Should Rely Entirely On God.

O God, Enlarge Within Us The Sense Of Fellowship With All Living Things, Even Our Brothers, The Animals, To Whom Thou Gavest The Earth As Their Home In Common With Us. We Must Remember With Shame That In The Past We Have Exercised The High Dominion Of Man With Ruthless Cruelty So That The Voice Of The Earth, Which Should Have Gone Up To Thee In Song, Has Been A Groan Of Pain. May We Realize That They Live, Not For Us Alone, But For Themselves And For Thee And That They Love The Sweetness Of Life.

I Heard Many Discourses Which Were Good For The Soul, But I Could Not Discover In The Case Of Any One Of The Teachers That His Life Was Worthy Of His Words.