INVICTUS

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced or cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

– William Ernest Henley

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’

All this talk of religion, but it’s how you life your life that is the all-important thing.
If you set out each day to do all the goodness and kindness that you can, and to do no harm to man or beast, then you are walking the highest path.
And when your time is up, if you can leave the earth a better place than you found it, then yours will have been a life well lived.

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’

MESSAGE FROM THE STARS

I stood at eventime, the never-ending plain
All empty looked and void. Yet, as I gazed again
An army bivouacked. Unnumbered points of light
Bespoke a force Supreme – invincible for right

– Henry Morley

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’

The Human Family: All people are brothers and sisters, irrespective of colour, race or creed. Therefore, if anyone, anywhere in the world, is suffering or in distress, it concerns you, it concerns me, it concerns us all.

The world is my country.

To do good is my religion.

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’

Let there be peace on earth – and let it begin with me
– White Eagle

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’

Forgiveness sets two souls free.

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’

Man is the gardener of his own soul. The Great Spirit has provided him with all that is necessary for it to grow in wisdom, grace and beauty. The implements are there, he has but to use them wisely and well
– Silver Birch

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’

It is our deeds, the accumulated acts of goodness and kindness, that define us and ultimately are the true measure of our worth.
Service is the coin of the spirit.

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’

Ah – I know of a saying that seems to fit in here…..

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The only truly alien planet is Earth – J G Ballard
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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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‘Where mercy, love and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too’