I believe that justice is the foundation of all other virtues. Without justice, there can be no liberty, no true equality, and no real progress. Of course by justice I don’t mean merely the impartial administration of the law. I...
I believe that most people change their beliefs as they grow up, and that it would be a mistake to think that we had finished growing up until we were dead. In other words, I believe in looking forward, not...
I was brought up in a strictly religious household. Before I was 18, I was hard at work trying to make my fortune in a business which I’d started in London. Its affairs took me to most of the large...
Solitariness is the core of every man. And what he believes lies the core. When overcome by emotion this inner loneliness vibrates, and its secrets can be discharged by love, by prayer, by meditation. But no one can stand deliberately...
Many years ago, one of my friends and I purchased 40 acres of land not far from Wilmington, North Carolina, with the intention of starting a small chicken farm. In need of a house, we employed an old colored man...
As a witness to the United Nations proceedings at the close of the Korean War, Clarence E. Pickett found himself looking for a peaceful way to ease tensions between east and west. Pickett and a colleague suggested the installation of a meditation chamber, believing that both sides could benefit from using meditation and prayer to guide political decisions.
