I know well there is no comfort for this pain of parting: the wound always remains, but one learns to bear the pain, and learns to thank God for what He gave, for the beautiful memories of the past, and the yet more beautiful hope for the future.-Max Muller

I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father,
or mother, or sister,--a near relation, a more affectionate
friend; and I rejoice to follow Him, and to love Him. Blessed
Jesus! thou art all I want--a forerunner to me in all I ever
shall go through, as a Christian, a minister, or a missionary.-Henry Martyn (1781-1812), Life and letters of the Rev.Henry Martyn, B.D., with John Sargent, London:Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1862, p. 140

Fear not the knife that God wields, for his hand is sure.-Francois Fenelon

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.- Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790

For some years now I have read through the Bible twice
every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and
every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these
branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it
means. -Martin Luther (1483-1546), Preface to the Prophets [1532], in What Luther Says: an anthology, v. I, Ewald Martin Plass, ed., Concordia Pub. House, 1959, p. 83

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.-Thomas Jefferson

When a Goverment fears the people, They get Liberty, But when the people fear the Goverment, They get Tyranny. - Thomas Jefferson.

There are stars whose radiance is visible on earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark.- Hannah Szenes, 1921 - 1944

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. - Neil Armstrong

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.- Philip K. Dick, 1928 - 1982

God has one Son who lived without sin, but he has no Son who lived without prayer.- Unknown

A little girl was taking a long journey, and in the course of the day her train crossed a number of rivers. The water seen in advance always awakened doubts and fears in the child. She did not understand how it could safely be crossed. As they drew near the river, however, a bridge appeared and furnished the way over. Several times the same thing happened, and finally the child leaned back with a long breath of relief and confidence: "Somebody has put bridges for us all the way." So God does likewise for His children all through life.- Unknown

I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes— that every particle of spray that dashes against the steamboat has its orbit, as well as the sun in the heavens— that the chaff from the hand of the winnower is steered as the stars in their courses. The creeping of an aphid over the rosebud is as much fixed as the march of the devastating pestilence— the fall of sere leaves from a poplar is as fully ordained as the tumbling of an avalanche.- C. H. Spurgeon

We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to His glory and our own advantage- John Newton

Schools have not necessarily much to do with education...they are mainly institutions of control, where basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education is quite different and has little place in school. ~Winston Churchill

Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue . . . let them favor and take part in any plans which may be formed for the advancement of morality.- William Wilberforce

It is the endeavor of an evil man to quench a great deal of good for a little ill; but Christ cherishes a little grace though there be a great deal of corruption, which yet is as offensive to Him as smoke to us, therefore we should labor to gain all we can by love and meekness.- Richard Sibbes

The providence of God is the unceasing activity of the Creator whereby, inoverflowing bounty and goodwill, He upholds His creatures in ordered existence,guides and governs all events, circumstances, and free acts of angels and men, and directs everything to its appointed goal, for His own glory. -JI Packer

Almighty and most merciful Father, I again appear in Thy
presence the wretched misspender of another year which Thy
mercy has allowed me. O Lord, let me not sink into total
depravity, look down upon me, and rescue me at last from the
captivity of sin. Impart to me good resolutions, and give me
strength and perseverance to perform them. Take not from me Thy
Holy Spirit, but grant that I may redeem the time lost, and
that by temperance and diligence, by sincere repentance and
faithful obedience, I may finally attain everlasting happiness,
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Prayers and Meditations,London: Verner, Hood, and Sharpe, 1806, Jan. 1, 1766, p. 53-54

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.- Siddhartha Gautama, 563 - 483 BC

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light - Earl Nightingale, 1921 - 1989

The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities. - Kahlil Gibran, 1883 - 1931

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. - Desiderius Erasmus, 1466 - 1536


There is strong shadow where there is much light. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832