Hidden Resources ~ Jean Toomer

"We know, but tend to forget from time to time, the sources which can enrich the lives of the world's people. One source is the presence and works of men and women, past and present, who managed to attain some measure of spiritual fullness. Another is the hidden resources within all people. It is my belief that even those whose substance has been wasted have, deep within themselves, the powers capable of making full restoration, could these resources be reached. If salt has lost its savor, nothing can be done. Not so with human beings. Man is renewable. The great source is God, whose abundance is limitless."

Jean Toomer

More at http://www.quaker.org/pamphlets/wpl1949a.html

And a fascinating biography at http://www.nsm.buffalo.edu/~sww/toomer/toomerbio.html

Artwork by J. Steuart Curry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steuart_Curry