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Desert Wisdom - / Yushi Nomura

  • Every Christian who seeks God through prayer and meditation is continuing a tradition that began with the Desert Fathers and Mothers of our origin...Simple peasants who contemplated spiritual progress, inner peace and self-control, wealth and poverty, patience, humility, hospitality and obedience. People who contemplated the way of life in a wholly new way, the way of the victims of oppression and exploitation the way of God who became a servant.
    Yushi Nomura
  • An old man said; do not despise your neighbor, for you do not know wether the spirit of God is in you or him. Well, I tell you, the one who serves you is your neighbor.
    Desert Wisdom
  • Africans in the diaspora must not shirk their responsibilties: An individual and corporate responsibilty to the continent, for As long as they are African descedants, Her lack and desolation is their shame...
    Anonymous
    Abba Epiphanus said: God sells righteousness very cheap to those who are eager to buy; namely, for a little piece of bread, worthless clothes, a cup of cold water and one coin.
    Desert Wisdom
  • Abba Poemen said; Teach your mouth to speak what is in your heart
    Desert Wisdom
  • An old man said; I never wanted work which was useful to me but loss to my brother, For I have this expectation that what helps my brother is fruitful to me.
    Desert Wisdom
  • Abba Poemen said about Abba Pior that every single day he made a fresh begining.
    Desert Wisdom
  • A man who declines to tell himself the truth has not discovered his value as an ideal personality ...Truth is a personal worth, A language of the Soul
    Njoku SaintJerry A.
  • Failure and disappointment are two natural phenomena a man can't get used to, Rather each new wave of it is an added experience to the past; Albeit awful, But woe to him that dreads failure and is afraid to be disappointed! Njoku SaintJerry A.
  • Each new year is observed by an immediate resolution of past events that have betrayed the ideals of one's personality; In effect, if a man's reaction is contary to his stated rules, He shouldn't be blamed; For as change affects the New Year, so it affects the stated resolutions. Njoku SaintJerry A.
  • Life is in Phases, determined by Chance, Time, and Experience at the expense of every condition. Njoku SaintJerry A.
  • Chance is a matter of skill determined by intelligence; Intelligence is an adequate application of basic principles of activation when necessary according to Chance, Time and Experience. Njoku SaintJerry A.
  • If Christianity should be judged on a general appreciated standards of activity according to stipulated propriety, then Hipocrisy will become a standard.
    Practical Christianity by Njoku SaintJerry A..
  • A man should strive to effect a change in any field of discipline where human knowledge is necessary; Else He's far from a modern man. Njoku SaintJerry A..
  • The past is what we have done. The present is what we are doing. The future is what we can do...
    Anonymous
  • True black pride is not much ado about 'soul', But going back to basic roots; Identifying with your people, Treating one another with respect, Living without violence.. Anonymous
  • In Africa one cannot afford to wait for opportunities; Our poverty is already enough opportunity; There is a lot to be done and that is the essence of opportunity... Anonymous
  • Africa cannot afford to compare with the west; She can only improve herself And be content Anonymous
  • Everybody wants a better world but few people wants to use their head Anonymous
  • A leader should accept the fact that From the moment of leadership He is sacrificed to death and each subsequent day Becomes a bonus; For the preparation of his memorial
    General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
  • When a handshake exceeds the shoulder it is no longer a handshake.
    Igbo proverb.
  • If women did not exist; all the Money in the world will have no meaning
    Aristotle Onasis
  • No matter how angry a small fish is; it cannot swallow a big fish.
    African proverb.
  • No matter how fierce a dog is, it cannot watch over two compounds
    African proverb
  • We cannot gloss over facts and expect problems to solve themselves
    Sir Ahmadu Bello (1910-1966)
  • A wise man does not scratch with the same intensity as an itch...
    Benin Proverb
  • It is what a thief sees at day time; He steals in the night.
    African proverb
  • He that will eat the honey from the honey-comb will not mind the bee sting
    Yoruba Proverb.
  • Hunger is onew of man's most unpleasant experience; It doesn't make a man; It kills the spirit and could shrink a man's heart.
    Njoku SaintJerry A.
  • Diversify your interest while young; Concentrate on a specialty but maintain added interest. Life's too hard to live and too precious to plunge into an abyss of despair with nothing to fall back on.
    Njoku SaintJerry A.