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

The word of the Lord God of Hosts is not a plea or a request: it is a summons. ~ R. J. Rushdoony

There are two kings and two kingdoms in Scotland. There is King James, the head of the commonwealth, and there is Jesus Christ, the King of the Church, whose subject King James VI is, and of whose kingdom he is not a king nor a lord nor a head, but a member. Sir, those whom Christ hath called and commanded to watch over His church have power and authority from Him to govern His spiritual kingdom both jointly and severally, and which no Christian king should control or discharge, but fortify and assist, otherwise they are not faithful subjects of Christ and members of His church. Sir, when you were in your swaddling clothes, Christ Jesus reigned freely in this land in spite of all His enemies. His officers and ministers convened and assembled for the ruling and welfare of His church, which was ever for your welfare, defence, preservation, when those same enemies were seeking your destruction and cutting off. - Andrew Melville to King James VI of Scotland

12% of all paper used in the UK is used by the government - Douglas MacWilliams, heard on BBC Radio 4's Today 30. 10. 10.

The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing - fake that and you've got it made - Groucho Marx

That [the future] is not for us to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings

The vigour of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. -George Muller

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. - Aesop

Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear.- Amelia Earhart, 1897 - 1937

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. - Siddhartha Gautama, 563 - 483 BC
(No. If comes from above, but this is Buddhism encapsulated- GJW)

Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. - Francesco Petrarch, 1304 - 1374

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just. - Dag Hammarskjöld, 1905 - 1961