There is no loneliness to the believer. He may be
misunderstood, slandered, disliked, persecuted; but
near him is the presence of a sympathizing Father,
shaping, guiding, influencing every step in the path
through life towards a definite and blessed end.
--Basil Wilberforce (1841-1916)
(In Marion Parker's _Thoughts Of The Great:
A Scrapbook of Quotations_ [1960])
Without God at the wheel of the human heart, we
are like a driverless car careening down the
freeway. A crash is inevitable.
This depravity, or godlessness, is the root cause
of America's moral decline. We grasp for what
feels good instead of what is good.
--David Jeremiah (1941- ) _Is This The End?_ [2016], "The Age Of Anything Goes"
Time is your most precious gift because you only
have a set amount of it. You can make more money,
but you can't make more time. When you give someone
your time, you are giving them a portion of your
life that you'll never get back. Your time is your
life....The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or
roses or chocolate. It is focused attention. Love
concentrates so intently on another that you forget
yourself at that moment. Attention says, "I value
you enough to give you my most precious asset--my
time." Whenever you give your time, you are making a
sacrifice, and sacrifice is the essence of love.
-Rick Warren (1954-) _The Purpose Driven Life_ [2002], Chapter 16
My book wants to look at what has been neglected:a history that no longer dares to speak its name. A history of positive achievement catalysed by the King James Bible and the Protestant movement. - The Book of Books,Melvyn Bragg, p.202
"Everything that is lovely in God is in Him, [Jesus] and everything that is or can be lovely in man is in him...for He is man as well as God, he is the holiest, meekest, most humble, and every way the most excellent man that ever was." - Jonathan Edwards,/// Children Ought to Love the Lord Jesus Christ
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