A. Powell Davies famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
-- A. Powell Davies

#Life #Soul #Chance
True religion, like our founding principles, requires that the rights of the disbeliever be equally acknowledged with those of the believer.
-- A. Powell Davies

#Rights #Principles #Disbelievers
The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood.
-- A. Powell Davies

#Brotherhood #World #Politics
Religion is not something separate and apart from ordinary life. It is life - life of every kind viewed from the standpoint of meaning and purpose: life lived in the fuller awareness of its human quality and spiritual significance.
-- A. Powell Davies

#Life #Spiritual #Insightful
Life must have its sacred moments and its holy places. We need the infinite, the limitless, the uttermost -- all that can give the heart a deep and strengthening peace.
-- A. Powell Davies

#Heart #Giving #Sacred
You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.
-- A. Powell Davies

#Heart #Character #Mind
A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.
-- A. Powell Davies

#Character #Greatness #Vision
Let us be done with the notion that religion is confined to petty pieties and small constraints. All too often people who have possessed these pieties have wrought great evil.
-- A. Powell Davies

#People #Evil #Religion
You can't find God before an altar if that is the only place you look for him.
-- A. Powell Davies

#Looks #Altars #Ifs

Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and life, to our otherwise weak efforts... remember, you cannot give away that which you do not possess. Study the life of the master. You do not have to have a college degree to be an efficient teacher. But you do have to become acquainted with the life and teachings of the master to be an effective teacher in the church.
The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.
The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...
I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy.
The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong than other men if he is given the chance.
The greater the lie, the greater the chance that it will be believed.

A. Powell Davies famous quotes

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