Clean Hands and a Loving Heart

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.
- Publilius Syrus
 
Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window through which
you must see the world.
- George Bernard Shaw

You can learn a lot from people who view the world differently than you do.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Today's affirmation:
I approach life with an Open Mind,
Clean Hands, and a Loving Heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Choose the World You See

Art of Seeing

Simply Marvelous

Each Other's Eyes
    

Fear, NO! Kindness, Science and Progress, YES!

Wise men put their trust in ideas
and not in circumstances
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I can't understand why people
are frightened by new ideas.
I'm frightened of old ones.
- John Cage

There are no constraints on the human mind,
no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our
progress except those we ourselves erect.
- Ronald Reagan

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas
as in escaping from old ones.
- John Maynard Keynes

The world moves, and ideas that were
once good are not always good.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Incite a riot of new ideas.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

An invasion of armies can be resisted,
but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo

Further reading: A Better Plan

Choice vs. Conformity

Flexibility

Progress
      

Action Conquers Fear

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
- Honore De Balzac

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak.
Strong convictions precede great actions.
- Louisa May Alcott

Live without certainty, and yet without being paralyzed by hesitation.
- Bertrand Russell

Action is our greatest weapon against fear.
Left to molder, fear grows upon itself,
but in the face of action,
fear is left in the dust.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences.
No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
- Thomas Huxley

Further reading: Action Beats Inaction

Feel Your Power

Be an Instrument of Change

Gain Self Confidence
      

Support Those Who Need Support

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten
that we belong to each other.
- Mother Teresa

If you are healthy, support those who are sick.
If you have a job, support those who have lost theirs.
If you are strong, support those who are feeble of body or mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me:
I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
...
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:35-40

Further reading: Feed Just One

The Good Samaritan

Commitment To Service

Help Others

How Helping Others Helps You

Encourage Others
      

Deliverance From Fear

The wise man in the storm prays God,
not for safety from danger,
but for deliverance from fear.
It is the storm within which endangers him,
not the storm without.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never yield to Panic (fear so strong it prevents logical thinking).
Focus, and let your actions be thoughtful.

The only hope I can see for the future depends on a
wiser and braver use of the reason,
not a panic flight from it.
- F. L. Lucas

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic;
it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
- Vannevar Bush

Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination,
which the steadfast heart will conquer,
and the large mind will transcend.
- Helen Keller

Further reading: Take Charge of Your Life

Don't Panic

The Nightly News - an expression of fear