Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength. Ralph Washington Sockman More Quotes by Ralph Washington Sockman More Quotes From Ralph Washington Sockman Let us not bankrupt our today's by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow. Ralph Washington Sockman optimismregretyesterday True liberty consists not merely in being free from something, but also in being free for something. Ralph Washington Sockman being-freeliberty We seem to want mass production, but we must remember that men are individuals not to be satisfactorily dealt with in masses, and the making of men is more important than the production of things. Ralph Washington Sockman importantwantmen Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted. Ralph Washington Sockman passiontakenlife The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down, half-finished loves. Ralph Washington Sockman break-uprunninglove When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul. Ralph Washington Sockman ministersmortgagesoul Our ground of hope is that God does not weary of mankind. Ralph Washington Sockman wearymankinddoe The forgiveness of the world can only be accomplished by the judgment of the world. Ralph Washington Sockman accomplishedjudgmentworld The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. Ralph Washington Sockman graduationhappinessinspirational All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows, the longer the shoreline where the known meets the unknown. Ralph Washington Sockman oceanislandsphilosophy The roots of responsibility run out to the ends of the earth and we can no more isolate our consciences from world issues than we can fence off our oyster beds from the tides of the ocean. Ralph Washington Sockman oceanresponsibilityrunning Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats. Ralph Washington Sockman be-carefulvictory-and-defeatinspirational In being realistic we do not always have to be pessimistic. Christ never blinked his eyes at bad things. But he never became so obsessed with human evil that he lost faith in man. Ralph Washington Sockman eyeworrymen Advertising enriches life by quickening the imagination, arousing interest and enlarging the taste. Ralph Washington Sockman advertisingtasteimagination The hope of free people in a frightened world is the values which people put ahead of inventions when their backs are to the wall. These values are beauty, truth, goodness and having a faith, all of which are bombproof. Ralph Washington Sockman wallpeopleworld Balance the bad news of life with the good news of Christ. Ralph Washington Sockman newsbalancegod Habit must play a larger place in our religious life. We worship when we feel like it, we pray when we feel like it. We read the Bible when we feel like it. Leaving our religious exercises to the promptings of impulse, we become creatures of impulse rather than soldiers of Christ. An army made up of creatures of impulse would be only a mob. So is a church. Ralph Washington Sockman religiousexerciselife In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together. Ralph Washington Sockman working-togetherovercomingtalking As long as we can keep our international relations in the realm of conference rather than open conflict, we are giving truth more time to vindicate itself. And what we ourselves need is more faith in the power of truth. Ralph Washington Sockman truthtimelong Hoist the sails of your own spirit to catch the winds of God. Ralph Washington Sockman sailspiritwind
