I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
I found this quote as I was looking for a "thought for the day" for our bulletin. It seems that we have strayed far from Jefferson's hopes for the parallel paths of wisdom and power.
On a totally unrelated note, I read in The Week this week that 61% of Americans truly believe that God wants them to be financially prosperous. Ummmm...
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I read that statistic in the Time magazine article from last week ("Does God Want Us to be Rich?"). To me, the more surprising one was that 31% of Americans believe that if they give their money to God, God will give them MORE money.
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