Live a Life of Joy Booklets and Affirmation Decks
Beautiful Maxims
Volume II
The weary wanderer seeks rest. The restless mind seeks to wander. Would they not make a good combination if properly balanced?
Friedrich Böhringer | CC-by-SA-2.5 |
Some love to use long words of hidden meaning to impress the timid, but remember the greatest thinkers and writers have always chosen language with reference to its simplicity and comprehensiveness.
Opening party for Berlin Central Station | Jochen Jansen | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
Do not try to outdo your neighbour in all that he does, for he may be trying the same thing at the same time as yourself. Why not move in the same direction? You would each proceed faster and with more friendly feeling toward one another.
McWay Falls in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California | Author King of Hearts/Wikimedia Commons | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
The help which you receive from above is free and beautiful. Therefore, pray sincerely that you may receive it in your time of need.
Pink blackberry flower, Wellington, New Zealand | Tony Wills | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
To love in the true sense of the word is to welcome God into your heart. Open the door so that He may not be kept standing on the outer side.
View from Victoria Peak to Victoria Harbour and Kowloon, Hong Kong | © Ralf Roletschek (Fahrradtechnik und Fotografie) | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
Think often of your neighbour in a generous, kindly way. He may not respond, but God will, and bless you for the kindly thought to a fellow-creature.
Jealous and avaricious thought is foreign to God's teaching. Weed it out and give that space to Truth and Sincerity.
Riding a plume of fire, the space shuttle Atlantis heads into the cloud-laden sky over Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida | NASA/Tony Gray/Tom Farrar |
Do not be blind to the fault of others, yet do not chide. Take unto yourself an object lesson and do otherwise.
When the heart has the true Christian spirit within, it will be easy to extend the helping hand to all who may have need of it.
San Miguel Castle, Almuñécar Province of Granada, Spain | Marc Ryckaert | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
Pray sincerely and with love in your heart if you would be heard by the Heavenly Father. His hearing is ever keen for truthful thought and speech.
A Quiver tree (also known as Kokerboom), Keetmanshoop, Namibia | Author Le Grand Portage/Wikimedia Commons | CC-by-2.0 |
Truth and Justice are two of the great factors of life. Do not cheat either of them out of a place in your heart.
Alstroemeria × hybrid Peruvian Lily, Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, Bangalore, India | Muhammad Mahdi Karim (www.micro2macro.net) | GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 |
A bargain with an honest man is easy. A bargain with a dishonest man always proves difficult to settle. Which are you?
Alstroemeria aurea, southern Tasmania, Australia | J. J. Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) | CC-by-SA-2.0 |
If you make a promise, keep it, for a broken promise, however slight, puts the gall of distrust into the heart of the offended.
Old Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg, Germany | Thomas Wolf (www.foto-tw.de) | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
If you go through life trying to do as you would be done by, you may be done by others; but the reward from above will come in time, great enough to repair all damage done to you.
Hermerocallis flowering shoot | Author Amada44/Wikimedia Commons
A gift is a token, so make it worthy of acceptance by accompanying it with a loving thought.
Red-headed finch, Sossusvlei, Namib desert, Namibia | Hans Hillewaert | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
A thoughtful silence several times each day, if only for a few moments, will bring you nearer to your Maker, therefore rest to the tired mind. Try it once at least.
Amethyst gemstone | Yuval Gelber |
To all those who would succeed, there must be thought expended in sincerity; otherwise, success is valueless, for there has been something lacking.
When you think, do not be afraid to use your entire mind. It was given to you for a thinking purpose.
A photograph of an Amur Tiger at Münster Zoo | Author Tuxyso/Wikimedia Commons | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
Whenever you have cause to complain about your neighbour, figure in your own mind how much cause he has to complain about you. It will simplify matters greatly.
Green-winged orchid, Fronton, Haute-Garonne, France | Didier Desouens | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
How to be true! How to be honest! Two great questions of the day and age. The answer is simple—
Pray sincerely for help from God. He will teach you how to be both honest and true if you will give Him full trust.
Bug orchid, San Giovanni di Sinis, Sardinia, Italy | Hans Hillewaert | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
If you are dishonest and try to cover yourself in non-permanent colours, you will as surely be discovered as would a poor cake when the beautiful frosting is cut away, leaving deception exposed to view. Be careful of the ingredients you use to make up your daily life.
Primulas of the species Primula hortensis | André Karwath | CC-by-SA-2.5 |
Large marmalade fly (Episyrphus balteatus) | André Karwath | CC-by-SA-2.5 |
Some maxims may seem severe, but is not there an old saying that at times one must be cruel to be kind? There are many medicines, that smart and tingle for a time, but soon all pain is relieved by their appliance.
Large-flowered Hempnettle blossom (Galeopsis speciosa) | André Karwath | CC-by-SA-2.5 |
We all hope for the best so let us all live for the best that is in us; then it will be a pleasure to be among the multitudes we are obliged to meet through life.
Blue wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee | Author Kaldari/Wikimedia Commons |
Think of others as kindly as you do of yourself and there will be no doubt that you will recognise Charity whenever you meet her.
Buddhistic statues praising the big Buddha (Tian Tan Buddha) on Lantau (Hong Kong) | Author AngMoKio/Wikimedia Commons |
May the God above bless you all, and may you in return thank Him for the many gifts which you have accepted of Him.
Anigozanthos bush Pizzazz in a Sydney nursery | Toby Hudson | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
Let all kindly thought flow through you in a tranquil manner. Abrupt thought has a tendency to jar, in place of sooth.
Male Carolina Anole with partially expanded dewlap | Author Piccolo, Namek/Wikimedia Commons | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
All kindly thought is blessed by God—therefore, let yourself be often blessed if you would feel continual peace of mind.
Anopterus glandulosus, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Tasmania, Australia | J. J. Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
The untroubled surface of water is more soothing to gaze upon than a roughened and disturbed surface. Is it not true likewise that a tranquil face, reflecting kindly thought, is infinitely more pleasing to gaze upon, than a troubled or angry one?
Farm, farm workers, Mt Williamson in background, Manzanar Relocation Centre, California | United States Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs division |
Mental and physical beauty together make a wonderful combination. If you are not blessed with a perfect body and beautiful face, cultivate your mind to such an extent that all who gaze upon you will forget the imperfection, in admiration for the Soul which shines forth from you.
Antarctica | NASA/MODIS/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/AVHRR/Dave Pape |
Thinking of oneself as a helpful factor to mankind makes a man truly great if he should live up to his thought.
Image of striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus), Lembeh Straits, North Sulawesi, Indonesia | Jens Petersen (1829-1900) (JnPet) | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
The birds sing because they are happy and free. The natural song of the human soul should be in the form of prayer of thankfulness when he experiences something which makes him very happy. That does not necessarily mean that one must repeat a set prayer. It means that whatever song you sing should have a prayerful thought within it to perfect it.
Flower of yellow chamomile (Anthemis tinctoria) | Joaquim Alves Gaspar, Lisboa, Portugal | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
No one man knows everything. There must be a division of thought upon many subjects to make one grand composite of thought. There is but one subject in all the world which should have complete unison of mind. That subject is God.
Panorama of the moon taken during mission Apollo 17 (Station 1 East) NASA/Lunar and Planetary Institute |
A happy face will usually prove a good reflector. Try it often and you will see that it works well in most cases.
To be idle in mind is a much worse calamity than to be idle of the body if indulged in too often.
Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot, James Irwin, salutes the U.S. flag | Astronaut David R. Scott, Apollo 15 commander |
Little fishes live in the deep, and so do great fishes live in the same waters, each having its place. It is the same with humankind. Each has his space to fill, let him do it as naturally as the fishes do.
You know full well that your Soul is a gift of God. Therefore, make it worthy of the giver.
Cross-section of a powerline, Power Generation Ltd, Schlins Vorarlberg, Austria | Friedrich Böhringer | CC-by-SA-2.5 |
Think a kindly thought at least once a day. That seems very little to do in return for all the kind thought you would be willing to receive.
Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis orientalis) in the falconry Falkenhof Feldberg, Germany | Author Quartl/Wikimedia Commons | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
Many are sad and lonely because they do not understand the awakening spirit. If you have seen the Light, try to help others to see and be guided by it, for it is the greatest comfort in the world. Its name is Truthful Hope.
Aquilegia columbine Magpie cultivar, Tasmania, Australia | J. J. Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) | CC-by-SA-3.0 |
Always try to use your mind, in an intelligent manner, so that the problems of life will be made easy for you.
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