MacDonald: Busyness Worse than Pornography

"I'm of the opinion that busyness is a deeper threat to the soul than pornography ever was."

—Author and speaker Gordon MacDonald

Ronald Reagan's Soul

"His soul didn't have Alzheimer's."

—Patti Davis, daughter of President Ronald Reagan, describing communication with her father after he lost the ability ...

Arthur Rubenstein Linked Attitude to Ability

"You cannot play the piano well unless you are singing within you."

—Concert pianist Arthur Rubenstein (1887–1982)

The Importance of the Soul

In a certain sense, every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history with its empires, its wars and revolutions, its blossoming ...

The Battle for the Soul

The soul is the place where man's supreme and final battles are fought.

Souls Without Prayer Are Paralyzed

Souls without prayer are like people whose bodies or limbs are paralyzed: they possess feet and hands but they cannot control them.

Limited Greatness of the Soul

For the soul is only like God, not equal to him. This is a degree of nearness to him, but it is only a degree. ... Thus the rational soul may ever glory ...

Cultivating the Soul

The meaning of earthly existence lies, not as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul.

Environmentalists and Human Life

I don't understand how some of my friends can get worked up about the death of a dolphin, forest, veal calf, or lab rat and not care about a being ...

Life among Immortals

Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work ...