From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the idea that all human existence originates from God and ultimately returns to Him, serving as the guiding force in our lives.
Samuel Johnson articulates a profound philosophical concept about the relationship between humanity and the divine. He suggests that God is not only the source of our being but also the ultimate destination we are all headed toward. The path we take in life, our motivations, and our guidance are all deeply intertwined with this divine origin and purpose. This quote encourages reflection on the spiritual aspects of existence and the significance of divine influence in our lives.
In practice
In a sermon discussing the divine purpose in our lives.
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.
I am Ubik. Before the universe was, I am. I made the suns. I made the worlds. I created the lives and the places they inhabit; I move them here, I put them there. They go as I say, then do as I tell them. I am the word and my name is never spoken, the name which no one knows. I am called Ubik, but that is not my name. I am. I shall always be.
Surviving - that is the other name of a mourning whose possibility is never to be awaited.
In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.
Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.
They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who are you really, wanderer?"-- and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold the world around you is: "Maybe I'm a king.
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