They also serve who only stand and wait.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all read more

Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station.

Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.

Who seeks for aid
Must show how service sought can be repaid.

He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.

He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.

When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat read more

When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it
proved an intellectual trick,--no more. They eat your service
like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel
you, and delight in you all the time.

And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as
diligently as I have served the king, read more

And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as
diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me
over in my grey hairs.

Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I
have composed for King read more

Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I
have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a hundred
blessings on me.

I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have
served him from the read more

I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have
served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have
nothing at his hands for my service but blows. When I am cold,
he heats me with beating; when I am warm, he cools me with
beating.

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a read more

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).