Our love for God is tested by the question of whether we seek Him or His gifts.
Ralph Washington SockmanFaced with the immensity of the universe, Job realized that there are limits to man's rationalizing, that we cannot find where the cloud of sorrow starts, that all our boasted knowledge is but an island in the vast ocean of mystery, and as the island of knowledge grows larger, the shore line of mystery becomes longer. At the end of his wits, he surrendered in trust to a Higher Wisdom.
Ralph Washington SockmanOur growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many we digest.
Ralph Washington SockmanWe cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it.
Ralph Washington Sockman