He who pursues virtue and kindness shall find life and honor too (Prov. 21:21).
There is a wonderful passage in “Zorba the Greek” in which Zorba says:
One day when I was a child, an old man took me on his knee and placed his hand on my head as though he were giving me his blessing. “Alexis,” he said, “I’m going to tell you a secret. You’re too small to understand now, but you’ll understand when you are bigger. Listen, little one: neither the seven stories of heaven nor the seven stories of the earth are enough to contain God.”
It’s already a great lesson! — on the vastness of Divinity. But listen as the old man gets to the best part:
Neither the seven stories of heaven nor the seven stories of the earth are enough to contain God; but a person’s heart can contain God. So be very careful, Alexis — and may my blessing go with you — never to wound…
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