Darrell J. Pursiful

Sunday Inspiration: Opinion

Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world.
—Bill Bullard

Sunday Inspiration: Being Heard

Being Heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistiguishable.
—David W. Augsburger

Sunday Inspiration: Telling the Truth

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
—George Orwell

Sunday Inspiration: Drawing Back

Stand at the brink of the abyss of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it anymore, draw back a little and have a cup of tea.
—Saint Sophrony of Essex

Sunday Inspiration: The Greatest Wisdom

The greatest wisdom in a man is to refrain from injuring another when he has the power to do so.
—Saint Teilo

Sunday Inspiration: Bread to the Poor

We gave bread to the poor,  but we did not ask sufficiently why the poor had no bread.
—Kallistos Ware

Sunday Inspiration: Character

The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.
―Abigail Van Buren

Sunday Inspiration: Courage

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
—Winston Churchill

Sunday Inspiration: Right or Righteousness?

Each of us must decide whether it is more important to be proved right or to provoke righteousness.
—Bernice King

Sunday Inspiration: Be Soft

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.
—Iain Thomas

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