If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood read more
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.
He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different read more
He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different game.
Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.
Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is read more
Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?
Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our read more
Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down. God can do nothing while my interest is in my own personal character--He will take care of this if I obey His call. In learning to love God and people as He commanded us to do, obviously your sanctification cannot but come, but not as an end in itself. ... The Notebooks of Florence Allshorn November 13, 2001 Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836 Repentance is in every view so desirable, so necessary, so suited to honor God, that I seek that above all. The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears. I long to be in my proper place, my hand on my mouth, and my mouth in the dust... I feel this to be safe ground. Here I cannot err... I am sure that whatever God may despise... He will not despise the broken and contrite heart.
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole read more
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."
N.B.: This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms. - Gandhi, An Autobiography.
The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much read more
The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much as it would take others a whole year to achieve.
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.
When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.
