This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Suffering should lead man to self-inspection... to the admission of errors... and to prayer and forgiveness.
What you are is what you have been, what you will be is what you do now.
Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.
It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
Character | Freedom | Hope | Power | Understand |
The life which is in man is eternal, as all life is eternal; that the soul of man is as immortal as God is; that the universe is so built and ordered that without any peradventure all things work together for the good of each and all; that the foundation principle of the world is what we call love, and that the happiness of every individual is in the long run absolutely certain.
Character | Eternal | God | Good | Individual | Life | Life | Love | Man | Soul | Universe | Work | World | God | Happiness |
A truth-seeker will not check to see if a person who admonished him is worthy or not. Rather, he weighs the complaint to see if it is valid or not.
All the principles which religion teaches, and all the habits which it forms, are favorable to strength of mind. It will be found that whatever purifies fortifies also the heart.
Character | Heart | Mind | Principles | Religion | Strength | Will |
If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.
Character | Man | Perception |
We never love heartily but once, and that is the first time we love.
On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him; if he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom.
Character | Day | Deeds | Destroy | Faith | Freedom | Greed | Journey | Life | Life | Light | Man | Mindfulness | Nothing | Right | Wisdom | Deeds |