Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.
The church does not exist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.
I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music.
{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world.
When God helps all the workers for His world, The singers shall have help of Him, not last.
Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.
I can't think of anything better to do with a life than to wear it out in efforts to be useful to the world.
The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
The refutation of suicide: is it not inelegant to abandon a world which has so willingly put itself at the service of our melancholy?
The curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the world the duty is now emphasized of serving God in the world, in every position in life.
I am sorry to be leaving the BBC. I have enjoyed a fascinating seven years at the corporation and am particularly proud to have played a small part in the development of the BBC's Global News services, BBC World Service and BBC World.
