One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.
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Yes, thou art ever present, power divine; not circumscribed by time, nor fixed by space, confined to altars, nor to temples bound. In wealth, in want, in freedom, or in chains, in dungeons or on thrones, the faithful find thee.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the idea that a divine presence exists everywhere and is not limited by physical constraints.
Hannah More's quote highlights the omnipresence and accessibility of the divine, emphasizing that spiritual connection is not confined to specific locations or circumstances. Whether one finds themselves in wealth or poverty, freedom or imprisonment, true faith allows individuals to connect with the divine presence at any moment, reminding us that spirituality transcends physical boundaries and societal conditions.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of spirituality in personal growth.
One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.
Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.
Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.
Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.
Everything which relates to God is infinite. We must therefore, while we keep our hearts humble, keep our aims high. Our highest services are indeed but finite, imperfect. But as God is unlimited in goodness, He should have our unlimited love.
Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.
Every person you meet is waging his or her own war against a callous universe that is plotting against them.
I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and there´s the true, preestablished balance.
I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.
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In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any.
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