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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. Thomas Aquinas
Faith You Church Unity Dissolve Our Ancient Firmly Identical Deny Hold
It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills. Thomas Aquinas
God Prayer Man Will Wills Only Shall He Clear Him Himself Does Pray Stir Uplifting Far Us Lower Persuade Requires Who
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. Thomas Aquinas
Work Lie Will Excellence He Does Test Goes Artist Which Produces
For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will be like. It is enough to know that we will be for ever with Him. William Barclay
Will Christian Enough Like Know Him Heaven Where Ever Jesus Speculate Need
When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive. William Barclay
Life Love Our Alive Only Truly Begins Person Hearts Anyone Really Whole Company
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. Albert Schweitzer
Life Me Experience My Life Ocean Live Wave Must Never Part Around Always Surface Exist Itself Going Just Cannot Which Ever
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. Albert Schweitzer
Man Thought Something Mysterious Take Soon Does His Existence Begins Granted
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. Albert Schweitzer
Life Live Others Also Becomes Happier Us Richer Harder
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. Albert Schweitzer
Nature Man Will Lost Earth Destroying He Foresee End Capacity
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive. Albert Schweitzer
Life Good Spiritual World Become Relation Alive Enter Having Practicing Reverence Deep
Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life. Albert Schweitzer
Life Good Me You Ethics Further Definition Destroy Bad Give Maintain Damage
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals. Albert Schweitzer
Faith Man Problems Will Responsibility Must Morals Environment Learn Exercise His Cease Personal Personal Responsibility Again Realm
Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them. Albert Schweitzer
Spiritual You Back Those Impart Something Road Accept Precious Being Them Much Your Who
The poison of selfishness destroys the world. Catherine of Siena
World Poison Destroys Selfishness
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Fruit Suffering Christ Cross Allegiance Exclusive Tragedy Endure Which Jesus Jesus Christ
When prayer removes distrust and doubt and enters the field of mental certainty, it becomes faith; and the universe is built on faith. Ernest Holmes
Faith Prayer Field Doubt Universe Distrust Mental Becomes Built Certainty
We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing. Ernest Holmes
Faith Food Spirituality More Without Shelter Than Clothing
Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God. Ernest Holmes
God Outlet Us Each Each One
Our enemy is not Islam. Islam is not the enemy of America; Americans are not the enemy of Islam. Our real enemy is extremism and radicalism. Feisal Abdul Rauf
Enemy Islam Our Extremism Real Real Enemy America American
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute. Francis Schaeffer
Age Own Mark Our Insistence Only Absolute Allowed Passing Curious Note Should
Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. Hans Urs von Balthasar
Today Truth Courage Decision Will Goodness Beauty Situation Herself Our Mysterious Allow Taking Demands Along Vengeance She Without Least Itself Sisters Banned Them Much Separated Act Shows Her Two
Twilight - a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not. Howard Thurman
Time Nature Dark Light Too Much Living Guard Too Changes Would Fade Were Die Pause Much Twilight Her Things
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him. Johann Kaspar Lavater
You Say Entirely Divided Know Him Another Till Inheritance
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice. John Calvin
World Grass Blade Color Make Intended Us Rejoice
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. John Calvin
Fear Overcome Pilot Will Sail Our Minds Weariness Seeing No Reason Allow Never Perish Ship Overwhelmed Which Midst Us Should Reason Who Even Why
Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. John Calvin
Knowledge Science Christ Smoke Sciences Heavenly Apart Much
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