The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life

when you have any ordinary thing to do, you hold the thought, “Divine Intelligence is working through me now,

The birds of the air and the lilies of the field furnish a striking lesson to man in their complete adaptation to the laws of their own respective planes. They thoroughly express their own true natures; they go through their lives perfectly themselves,

The highest of all forms of prayer is true contemplation, in which the thought and the thinker become one. This is the unity of the mystic, but it is rarely experienced in the earlier stages. Pray in whatever way you find easiest; for the easiest way is the best.

praying regularly every day for wisdom, intelligence, and fresh opportunities for service,

The word “hallowed” has the same meaning as “holy,” “whole,” “wholesome,” and “heal,” or “healed”

wisdom is the perfect blending of intelligence and love.

express His Holy Will, which is our raison d’être.

that the Will of God for us is harmony, peace, and joy, and that these things are to be attained by cultivating right thoughts, or “righteousness,”

Jesus, we know, consistently refrained from laying down hard-and-fast rules and regulations for the details of our conduct, knowing that if our principles were right, such things would take care of themselves without fail; and we may be sure that, with his supremely practical and common-sense handling of human problems, he would have given the wise