Sometimes during solitude I hear truth spoken with clarity and freshness; uncolored and untranslated it speaks from within myself in a language original but inarticulate, heard only with the soul, and I realize I brought it with me, was never taught it nor can I efficiently teach it to another.
Interpretation
The truth often emerges in moments of solitude, revealing inner wisdom that is difficult to articulate.
This quote reflects on the experience of gaining profound insights during solitary moments, suggesting that these insights are innate and personal. It emphasizes that true understanding comes from within, and while it may be recognized and felt deeply, it is often challenging to express or pass on to others, highlighting the uniqueness and individuality of personal truths.
In practice
A motivational speech about self-reflection and personal growth.
More thinking is required, and we should all exercise our God-given right to think and be unafraid to express our opinions, with proper respect for those to whom we talk and proper acknowledgment of our own shortcomings. We must preserve freedom of the mind in the church and resist all efforts to suppress it. The church is not so much concerned with whether the thoughts of its members are orthodox or heterodox as it is that they shall have thoughts.
Seek the truth in all fields, and in that search you will need at least three virtues: courage, zest and modesty. The ancients put that thought in the form of a prayer. They said, βFrom the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, from the laziness that is content with half truth, from the arrogance that thinks it has all truth β O God of truth, deliver us.
You are too young to know how the world changes everyday,' said Mrs Creakle, 'and how the people in it pass away. But we all have to learn it, David; some of us when we are young, some of us when we are old, some of us at all times in our lives.
Everyone gets the experience. Some get the lesson.
This is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. _x000D_ _x000D_ When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. _x000D_ _x000D_ The practice is always to go back to oneself.
Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind
He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed.
It is a good rule never to look into the face of a man in the morning till you have looked into the face of God.
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