The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth his brother's need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another's good.
Mary Baker EddyRead
The recipe for beauty is to have less illusion and more Soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony.
Interpretation
True beauty comes from inner peace and spiritual harmony rather than physical appearances.
Mary Baker Eddy suggests that authentic beauty is rooted in spiritual well-being rather than fleeting physical sensations. By focusing less on the illusions of pain and pleasure associated with the body, one can achieve a deeper, more enduring beauty characterized by inner calm and harmony.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a talk on mental wellness to emphasize the importance of inner beauty.
The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth his brother's need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another's good.
To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.
Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us.
Lulled by stupefying illusions, the world is asleep in the cradle of infancy, dreaming away the hours.
Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.
When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts.
It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much.
I like to see flowers growing, but when they are gathered, they cease to please. I look on them as things rootless and perishable; their likeness to life makes me sad. I never offer flowers to those I love; I never wish to receive them from hands dear to me.
The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear. Jude understood the impulse. Each beat of his heart was a fresh and staggering blow felt in the nerves behind his eyes and in his temples. Punishing evidence of life.
That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, lacking in the artistic but powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; that dominant individualism, working for good and evil, and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom - these are the traits of the frontier.
Let the voice of the people be heard!
The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one.
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