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, “From 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 – O God of truth, deliver us.
If you carry your cross joyfully, it will carry you.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
All moments are beautiful, only you have to be receptive and surrendering. All moments are blessings, only you have to be capable of seeing. All moments are benedictions. If you accept with a deep gratitude, nothing ever goes wrong.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
There is always room for a man of force and he makes room for many. Society is a troop of thinkers and the best heads among them take the best places.
Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.
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