This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
The tragedy of life is not death but in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the death of awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in oneself.
Awareness | Death | Glory | Life | Life | Man | Men | Pain | Tragedy | Awareness |
Nelson Mandela, fully Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
Paramahansa Yogananda, born Mukunda Lal Ghosh
The metaphysician looks at truth from within to without. That is why they clash. But realized souls who understand science as well as metaphysics find no difference at all. They see the parallelism between science and truth because they see the whole picture.
Looks | Metaphysics | Science | Truth | Understand |
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we may fall.
“Every morning of the world I give thanks for all the wonderful things in my life,” declared a young man enthusiastically. “And do you know something? It’s strange indeed, but the more I give thanks, the more I have reason to be thankful. For, you see, blessings just pile up on me one after another like nobody’s business”... The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for... The attitude of gratitude revitalizes the entire mental process by activating all other attitudes, thus stimulating creativity... Remember that praise and thanksgiving are the most powerful prayers of all.
Art | Blessings | Business | Creativity | Gratitude | Life | Life | Man | Practice | Praise | Reason | Thankfulness | World | Art |
Paul Tillich, fully Paul Johannes Tillich
Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
Glory | Language | Loneliness | Pain | Solitude |
R. G. Collingwood, fully Robert George Collingwood
In the later nineteenth century the idea of progress became almost an article of faith. This conception was a piece of sheer metaphysics derived from evolutionary naturalism and foisted upon history by the temper of the age.
Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew-drops which give such a depth to the morning meadows.
How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!
The glory of Friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to ne when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.
Glory | Inspiration | Joy | Smile | Trust | Friendship |
Manners are the happy ways of doing things. If they are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows.
Nature is sanitive, refining, elevating. How cunning she hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew! Every inch; of the mountains is scarred by unimaginable convulsions, yet the new day is purpose with the bloom of youth and joy.
Antiquity | Cunning | Day | Joy | Nature | Purpose | Purpose | Youth | Youth |
The glory of Friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship. My friends have come unsought. The great God gave them to me.
Glory | God | Inspiration | Joy | Smile | Trust | Friendship | God | Friends |
Labor, as well as fasting, serves to mortify and subdue the flesh. Provided the labor you undertake contributes to the glory of God and your own welfare, I would prefer that you should suffer the pain of labor rather than that of fasting.
Robert Ingersoll, fully Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll
Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle, most people can bear adversity. Bit if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except under the side of mercy.
Absolute | Adversity | Character | Glory | Man | Mercy | Nothing | People | Power |
The brain is a wonderful organ; if starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office.
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