Quote of Note #247: Becoming a Lie

"The penalty of deception is to become a deception, with all sense of moral discrimination vitiated. A man who lies habitually becomes a lie, and it is increasingly impossible for him to know when he is lying and when he is not." Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited. Boston: Beacon Press, 1949/1996, page 55. Related … Continue reading Quote of Note #247: Becoming a Lie

Quote of Note #231: The “First Law of Prayer”

"There should be in our prayers an astringent honesty with ourselves, so that we may be honest with God, for God sees the secrets of our hearts, and God well knows when we are conventionally asking for blessings which we have no real desire to receive." Wm. Barclay (click link below for full quote)