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TRUTH, BEAUTY & GOODNESS CALENDAR

632 posts · 2 participants · started Jul 16, 2014, 11:31 AM

  1. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 3, 2014, 8:44 AM
    October 3
    “…Mark you well my words, Nathaniel, nothing which human nature has touched can be regarded as infallible. Through the mind of man divine truth may indeed shine forth, but always of relative purity and partial divinity. The creature may crave infallibility, but only the Creators possess it….” (1768:4) 159:4.8
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    “…To attain the perfection of Heaven is the goal of man. The superior man is given to self-adjustment, and he is free from anxiety and fear. God is with you; have no doubt in your heart. Every good deed has its recompense….” (1453.2) 131:9.4
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  2. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 4, 2014, 9:26 AM
    October 4
    …Jesus did not advocate the practice of negative submission to the indignities of those who might purposely seek to impose upon the practitioners of nonresistance to evil, but rather that his followers should be wise and alert in the quick and positive reaction of good to evil to the end that they might effectively overcome evil with good…. (1770:2) 159:5.10
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    “…Why not assert your mastery of evil by virtue of the power of goodness and thus become the master of all relations between the two of you? I predict that the good in you could overcome the evil in him if you gave it a fair and living chance….” (1430:2) 130:2.4

     

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  3. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 5, 2014, 9:45 AM
    October 5
    ...Prejudice blinds the soul to the recognition of truth, and prejudice can be removed only by the sincere devotion of the soul to the adoration of a cause that is all-embracing and all-inclusive of one’s fellow men. Prejudice is inseparably linked to selfishness…. (1774:5) 160:1.13

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    “…The revelations of divine truth are not sealed except by human ignorance, bigotry, and narrow-minded intolerance. The light of the Scriptures is only dimmed by prejudice and darkened by superstition….” (1768:5) 159:4.9
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  4. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 6, 2014, 9:24 AM
    October 6
    …Friendship enhances the joys and glorifies the triumphs of life. Loving and intimate human associations tend to rob suffering of its sorrow and hardship of much of its bitterness. The presence of a friend enhances all beauty and exalts every goodness…. (1776:2) 160:2.8
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    “…Have you not read in the Scripture where it is written: ‘It is not good for man to be alone. No man lives to himself’? And also where it says: `He who would have friends must show himself friendly’?” (2055:2) 193:3.2
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  5. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 7, 2014, 8:18 AM
    October 7
    …Only a glimpse of the circle of eternity can inspire man to do his best and can challenge the best in him to do its utmost. And when man is thus at his best, he lives most unselfishly for the good of others, his fellow sojourners in time and eternity…. (1776:3) 160:2.9

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    …In all such spirit personalities, goodness is no longer partial, contrastive, and comparative; it has become divinely complete and spiritually replete; it approaches the purity and perfection of the Supreme…. (1458:6) 132:2.9
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  6. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 8, 2014, 8:34 AM
    October 8
    …Train your memory to hold in sacred trust the strength-giving and worth-while episodes of life, which you can recall at will for your pleasure and edification. Thus build up for yourself and in yourself reserve galleries of beauty, goodness, and artistic grandeur. But the noblest of all memories are the treasured recollections of the great moments of a superb friendship…. (1779:4) 160:4.12
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    …Every true relationship of mortal man with other persons–human or divine–is an end in itself…. (1228:3) 112:2.8
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  7. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 9, 2014, 8:23 AM
    October 9

    …True religion has reference to destiny and reality of attainment as well as to the reality and idealism of that which is wholeheartedly faith-accepted. And all of this must be made personal to us by the revelation of the Spirit of Truth…. (1782:4) 160:5.13

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    …And so did the bestowal of the Spirit of Truth bring to the world and its peoples the last of the spirit endowment designed to aid in the ascending search for God…. (2062:9) 194:2.20

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  8. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 10, 2014, 8:37 AM
    October 10

    …We grow in grace and in the knowledge of the truth, but our Master exhibits maturity of righteousness to start with. All men, good and evil, recognize these elements of goodness in Jesus…. (1785:4) 161:2.4

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    …Jesus loves men so much that his love awakens the response of love in the human heart. Love is truly contagious and eternally creative…. (2018:1) 188:5.2

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  9. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 11, 2014, 8:20 AM
    October 11

    …He is so just and fair and at the same time so merciful and considerate. He grieves over the spiritual obstinacy of the people and rejoices when they consent to see the light of truth…. (1785:5) 161:2.5
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    …He boldly proclaimed man’s spiritual freedom and dared to teach that mortals of the flesh are indeed and in truth sons of the living God…. (1671:5) 149:2.10

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  10. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 12, 2014, 9:50 AM
    October 12

    “…When the Son of Man has finished his work on earth, there shall be poured out upon all flesh the living Spirit of Truth. Those who receive this spirit shall never know spiritual thirst….” (1795:5) 162:6.1

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    “…But as many as do receive him shall be enlightened, cleansed, and comforted. And this Spirit of Truth will become in them a well of living water springing up into eternal life….” (1954:1) 181:1.4

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  11. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 13, 2014, 9:19 AM
    October 13

    “…If my words abide in you and you are minded to do the will of my Father, then are you truly my disciples. You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free….” (1796:4) 162:7.2

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    “…Discern the truth clearly; live the righteous life fearlessly; and so shall you be my apostles and my Father’s ambassadors….” (1571:5) 140:3.18

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  12. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 14, 2014, 10:08 AM
    October 14
    “…Woe upon all who shun justice, spurn mercy, and reject truth! Woe upon all those who despise the revelation of the Father while they seek the chief seats in the synagogue and crave flattering salutations in the market places!” (1826:1) 166:1.4
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    …In any religion it is very easy to allow values to become disproportionate and to permit facts to occupy the place of truth in one’s theology…. (1615:4) 143:6.3

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  13. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 15, 2014, 9:23 AM
     
     
     
    October 15
    “…I am the door, I am the new and living way, and whosoever wills may enter to embark upon the endless truth-search for eternal life….” (1829:4) 166:3.7
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    “…The door of the kingdom is wide open for all who desire to know the truth and to find God….” (1541:4) 138:4.2
     
     
     
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  14. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 16, 2014, 9:20 AM
    October 16
    …It was very difficult for the apostles to understand the Master’s reluctance to make positive pronouncements relative to scientific, social, economic, and political problems. They did not fully realize that his earth mission was exclusively concerned with revelations of spiritual and religious truths…. (1839:3) 167:5.6
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    …Mankind should understand that we who participate in the revelation of truth are very rigorously limited by the instructions of our superiors…. (1109:3) 101:4.2

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  15. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 17, 2014, 8:39 AM
     
     
     
     
    October 17

    …It was also at Jericho, in connection with the discussion of the early religious training of children in habits of divine worship, that Jesus impressed upon his apostles the great value of beauty as an influence leading to the urge to worship, especially with children…. (1840:4) 167:6.5

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    …Beauty sponsors art, music, and the meaningful rhythms of all human experience…. (647:1) 56:10.10
     
     
     
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  16. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 18, 2014, 8:38 AM
     
     
     
     
    October 18
    …Truth, beauty, and holiness are powerful and effective aids to true worship. But spirit communion is not promoted by mere massive ornateness and overmuch embellishment with man’s elaborate and ostentatious art…. (1840:5) 167:6.6
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    ...The temples of worship with their associated schools of philosophy and experiential religion are creations of beauty and grandeur. The open-air arenas of worship assembly are equally sublime in the simplicity of their artistic appointment…. (630:2) 55:5.5

     
     
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  17. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 19, 2014, 9:14 AM
    October 19
    …Jesus spread good cheer everywhere he went. He was full of grace and truth. His associates never ceased to wonder at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth. You can cultivate gracefulness, but graciousness is the aroma of friendliness which emanates from a love-saturated soul…. (1874:4) 171:7.1
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    ...He would pause in the midst of a profound discourse that he might go out in the road to speak good cheer to a passing woman laden with her burden of body and soul. He would interrupt a serious conference with his apostles to fraternize with an intruding child…. (1545:10) 138:8.9

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  18. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 20, 2014, 8:30 AM
    October 20

    …Goodness always compels respect, but when it is devoid of grace, it often repels affection. Goodness is universally attractive only when it is gracious. Goodness is effective only when it is attractive…. (1874:5) 171:7.2

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    …Jesus and the apostles remained that night in Matthew’s house, and as the people went to their homes, they spoke of but one thing: the goodness and friendliness of Jesus…. (1541:2) 138:3.8

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  19. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 21, 2014, 8:46 AM
    October 21

    “…And when the kingdom shall have come to its full fruition, be assured that the Father in heaven will not fail to visit you with an enlarged revelation of truth and an enhanced demonstration of righteousness….” (1914:4) 176:2.3

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    …Each dispensation, each mortal epoch, receives an enlarged presentation of spiritual truth and religious ethics…. (591:3) 52:2.3

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  20. Richard E WarrenParticipant
    Oct 22, 2014, 9:00 AM
    October 22
    “…You who know these truths must yield the increase of the fruits of the spirit and manifest a growing devotion to the unselfish service of your fellow servants. And remember that, inasmuch as you minister to one of the least of my brethren, you have done this service to me….” (1917:1) 176:3.5
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    “…And all those who know the way of truth and enjoy the assurance of knowing God should esteem it a privilege, not a duty, to offer guidance to their fellows in their efforts to find the satisfactions of living….” (1465:5) 132:6.1
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