Oh, how greatly has the man advanced who has learned not to be his own, not to be governed by his own reason, but to surrender his mind to God!-John Calvin

While much is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.- Thomas Hardy, 1840 - 1928

Take courage, fainting Christians: you are encompassed with a great cloud of witnesses! The race that you are running has been run by millions before; you think that no one ever had such trials as yourself—but every step that you are journeying has been safely walked by others; the valley of the shadow of death has been securely passed by a multitude of trembling, doubting ones like yourself. They had their fears and anxieties, like you—but they were not cast away. The world, the flesh and the devil can never overwhelm the weakest person who will set their face towards God. These millions journeyed on in bitterness and tears like your own, and yet not one perished—they all reached their eternal home.~ J.C. Ryle,The Christian Race & Other Sermons, “The Christian Race”, [Moscow, ID: Charles Nolan Publishing, 2002], 129.

Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.- John Maynard Keynes, 1883 - 1946

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong — especially if one is promptly found out.- John Maynard Keynes, 1883 - 1946