चर्च के लोग अक्सर इस बात का दुख जताते हैं कि वाशिंगटन और लिंकन के पास 'भगवान' शब्द में मिलने वाले के अलावा बहुत कम धर्म था। यहाँ केवल इतना ही कहा जा सकता है कि उन दोनों पुरुषों के धर्म में जो कमी theological (धर्मशास्त्रीय) बारीकियों की थी, उसकी भरपाई उनकी महानता ने कर दी। उनके मन महान सिद्धांतों के प्रेम के साथ जन्मे थे... ऐसे बहुत कम उदाहरण मिलते हैं जहाँ राजनीति में महान सिद्धांतों तक पहुँचने वाला दिमाग किसी कट्टर धर्म से संतुष्ट हुआ हो... वाशिंगटन और लिंकन से यह उम्मीद नहीं की जानी चाहिए कि राजनीतिक सिद्धांतों में महानता हासिल करने के बाद, वे धार्मिक संकीर्णता या छोटेपन से प्रेम करने लगते।
It is often lamented by the churchmen that Washington and Lincoln possessed little religion except that found in the word 'God.' All that can here be affirmed is that what the religion of those two men lacked in theological details it made up in greatness. Their minds were born with a love of great principles... There are few instances in which a mind great enough to reach great principles in politics has been satisfied with a fanatical religion... It must not be asked for Washington and Lincoln that, having reached greatness in political principles, they should have loved littleness in piety.
It is often lamented by the churchmen that Washington and Lincoln possessed little religion except that found in the word 'God.' All that can here be affirmed is that what the religion of those two men lacked in theological details it made up in greatness. Their minds were born with a love of great principles... There are few instances in which a mind great enough to reach great principles in politics has been satisfied with a fanatical religion... It must not be asked for Washington and Lincoln that, having reached greatness in political principles, they should have loved littleness in piety.
आराम तभी तक मूल्यवान है जब तक वह काम के विपरीत (तुलना में) है। यदि इसे ही मुख्य उद्देश्य बना लिया जाए, तो यह सबसे दयनीय स्थिति बन जाता है।
Rest is valuable only so far as it is a contrast. Pursued as an end, it becomes a most pitiable condition.
Rest is valuable only so far as it is a contrast. Pursued as an end, it becomes a most pitiable condition.
सूरज की किरण की सुंदरता आंशिक रूप से इस बात में है कि भगवान इसे अपने पास समेट कर नहीं रखते; वे इसे हम सभी को मुफ्त में दे देते हैं।
The beauty of the sunbeam lies partly in the fact that God does not keep it; he gives it away to us all.
The beauty of the sunbeam lies partly in the fact that God does not keep it; he gives it away to us all.
उपदेश अब साहित्य की असली अफीम (नींद लाने वाली चीज़) बन चुका है।
The sermon is now the true poppy of literature.
The sermon is now the true poppy of literature.
लिंकन का जीवन ऐसा है जिसे बच्चों और बड़ों, किसी को भी नजरअंदाज नहीं करना चाहिए। उन्होंने जिस झोपड़ी को छुआ, वह महानता का महल बन गई। उन्होंने जंगल को छुआ तो वह उनके लिए ऐसा मंदिर बन गया जहाँ ईश्वर की सबसे पवित्र और महान आराधना होती थी। उनका काम हमारे मन में उनके जीवन की ईमानदारी का पर्याय बन गया है। लिंकन में हमेशा से कोई ऐसी बात थी जो उन्हें आम जनता से जोड़ देती थी और उन्हें उनके दिल की धड़कन के साथ तालमेल बिठाना सिखाती थी।
The life of Lincoln should never be passed by in silence by young or old. He touched the log cabin and it became the palace in which greatness was nurtured. He touched the forest and it became to him a church in which the purest and noblest worship of God was observed. His occupation has become associated in our minds with the integrity of the life he lived. In Lincoln there was always some quality that fastened him to the people and taught their to keep time to the music of his heart.
The life of Lincoln should never be passed by in silence by young or old. He touched the log cabin and it became the palace in which greatness was nurtured. He touched the forest and it became to him a church in which the purest and noblest worship of God was observed. His occupation has become associated in our minds with the integrity of the life he lived. In Lincoln there was always some quality that fastened him to the people and taught their to keep time to the music of his heart.
जैसे चमकीले रंग के पक्षी किसी रेतीले रेगिस्तान के वीरान और सुस्त मैदानों में नहीं उड़ते, बल्कि प्रकृति के पत्तों, फूलों, रोशनी और छांव के बीच यानी प्रकृति के बनाए उस भव्य परिवेश में विचरते हैं, वैसे ही कुछ सच ऐसे होते हैं जो दर्शनशास्त्र की सूखी और बंजर बहसों में अच्छे नहीं लगते।
As the highly colored birds do not fly around in the dull, leaden plains of a sandy desert, but amid all the settings of nature's leaves and blossoms, and lights and shades — nature's framework of their picture — so there are truths which do not appear well in arid fields of philosophic inquiry.
As the highly colored birds do not fly around in the dull, leaden plains of a sandy desert, but amid all the settings of nature's leaves and blossoms, and lights and shades — nature's framework of their picture — so there are truths which do not appear well in arid fields of philosophic inquiry.
आधुनिक गमालील को नैतिकता की शिक्षा देनी चाहिए। नैतिकता मानवीय कर्तव्य का विज्ञान है। अंकगणित इंसान को यह बताता है कि अपने पैसे को कैसे गिना जाए; जबकि नैतिकता यह सिखाती है कि उसे कैसे कमाया जाए—ईमानदारी से या धोखाधड़ी से। भूगोल दुनिया का नक्शा है, तो नैतिकता कर्तव्य का एक सुंदर नक्शा है। यह नैतिकता ईसाइयत नहीं है, न ही यह कोई धर्म है; लेकिन यह धर्म की बहन जरूर है, क्योंकि कर्तव्य का मार्ग ईश्वर के मार्ग के साथ गुण और दिशा दोनों मामलों में पूरी तरह मेल खाता है।
The modern Gamaliel should teach ethics. Ethics is the science of human duty. Arithmetic tells man how to count his money; ethics how he should acquire it, whether by honesty or fraud. Geography is a map of the world; ethics is a beautiful map of duty. This ethics is not Christianity, it is not even religion; but it is the sister of religion, because the path of duty is in full harmony, as to quality and direction, with the path of God.
The modern Gamaliel should teach ethics. Ethics is the science of human duty. Arithmetic tells man how to count his money; ethics how he should acquire it, whether by honesty or fraud. Geography is a map of the world; ethics is a beautiful map of duty. This ethics is not Christianity, it is not even religion; but it is the sister of religion, because the path of duty is in full harmony, as to quality and direction, with the path of God.