The Sayings of Samuel Godfrey George - Observations

Difference is painful. A divergent mind is born of pain. The extraordinary is separated from the ordinary in turmoil. He who dares to think differently anywhere and in anything has to pay a great price for it.

There is one indisputable truth that applies to all regardless of religion and nationality. One good act inspires another.

There are many beautiful forms in the world. You may look at all of them. But there is a danger in looking at even some of them. You may lose yourself in your desire for them. You may wander in desert places with an undying thirst. Beauty is not all. Beyond beauty there is something else.

Even the decapitated head of a snake may bite I have heard. If true, then one must beat the head into a pulp after the decapitation, as no risk may be taken with snake heads, both real and imaginary. 

Some things are slow. Some things take a long time. If you are prepared to wait they are surely worth the wait. But if you are not prepared to wait, either you are not worthy of them or they are not worthy of you.

What is evil? Anything that distracts you from God is evil. Even if the thing is harmless in itself, as long as it draws your attention away from God and denies Him the first place in your heart it is undoubtedly evil.

It is not in wanting but in not wanting that strength is expressed. You should not want what you cannot have. And when you cannot have something it is strong not to want it.

If someone is truly your friend he will search for you. Allow him to search for you. Separate yourself from him. Deprive him of your company. And you shall see how much you mean to him.

Deception is saying the unholy thing in the holy way. It is falsehood uttered like truth. It is pain conveyed like joy. It is hell portrayed as heaven.

Strength is to be able to discard everything that is considered gain. It is to be able to look away from everything that distracts and comforts and to be able to look at that which is most painful to consider.

The artist has the right to destroy his work. Creation cannot totally satisfy if you cannot put an end to it.

It is good not to ridicule anyone or anything. We are all quite ridiculous anyway.

Rejection is not always bad. In some cases it is an absolute must.

When the truth is denied a few times it will seem like a lie.

Phobia is usually fibia, based on fibs.

It is good not to ridicule anyone or anything. Each one of us is ridiculous in his own way.

A step-by-step approach is best. It is good not to achieve the goal immediately. Let achievement and addition be gradual and spaced out. In this way every event can be studied and judged. Thus one can maintain a greater control over something.

To let something grow one must be willing to ignore it.

Everything that crushes hope redefines your soul and renews hope that will better endure the realities of life.

The constricted, cloistered approach is inimical to the proper expression of beauty that emerges from varied influences, each of which significantly contributing to the ultimate effect and thus meriting mention.

There is wretchedness in the goodness. And as the wretchedness grows sharper in focus one is increasing in goodness.

To search for what can be seen normally and what has been seen is the lowest of all desires. But to search for what cannot be seen normally and what has not been seen is the highest of all desires. The man who wishes to rise above the earthly mould must choose to follow the highest desire.

The requirement for an approach that allows for mistakes is the ability to live with mistakes. A man who is willing to make mistakes should not cringe from living with his mistakes.

Whether one is viewed 300 times or 3 times when one broadcasts a message does not really matter. Whether one has said what one wanted to say in the manner that one wanted to say it, that matters.

Theoretically nobody is a problem and nothing is a problem. Practically the picture is different. To make practice imitate theory, that is the game of life.

To succeed in communication, restraint is more important than expression. Language is powerful, and he who can restrain from the unnecessary use of language is most powerful in his use of it.

To see and to not reach out, to have and to not experience, to possess and to not retain, this is strength, this is how you overcome the irresistible impulse. You can never run away from the thing that pursues you. But you can live with it and discard it through the knowledge of the self.

In matters of spirituality theory cannot achieve. It may help to clarify a bit. A thorough experiential knowledge of sin and strife along with a progressive discovery of divine grace is the only road to improvement.

It takes years, it takes many foolish years to know what foolishness is.

Never react immediately. Delay your reaction by days, months, preferably by a year or two.

Learning to be silent is more important than learning to speak.

What is the use of a beautiful exterior without a beautiful interior? The exterior may only point to the interior. But without a beautiful interior the beauty of an exterior is worthless.

It is beauty that we seek. It is beauty that we want to celebrate. Not physical beauty as it lasts only a while, and its celebration is only momentary. But inner beauty, the beauty of the mind and the heart cannot be erased by time. This beauty ennobles the seeker and fulfils his soul.