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The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations. John Wycliffe
Life Enemy Wind Stronger Temptations Higher Hill
Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate. Karl Barth
Love God Man Change Hate Hateful Triumphs He Him Opposite His Escape Cannot Which Eternal Eternal Love Flee Certainly Even
Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way. Karl Barth
God Religion Other Recipes Way Give He Himself Does Teachers Show Jesus
The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all. Karl Rahner
Future Will Christian Mystic He Exist
The mystery of the Christian life is that Christ expects us to flee sin and the devil, but does not expect us to rid ourselves of either on this side of glory. Repentance is a way of life, and so is the pursuit of godliness. I wish every Christian could be reminded of these two things. Kevin DeYoung
Life Christ Wish Devil Repentance Christian Every Side Way Ourselves Could Mystery Pursuit Reminded Sin Glory Does Expect Godliness Expects Either Flee Us Rid Things Christian Life Two
There is no love which does not become help. Paul Tillich
Love Become No Love Does Which Help
Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another. Reinhold Niebuhr
Age Nothing Our Extreme Reaction Leaps Knows Another
All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them. Said Nursi
Happiness Love God Knowledge Lie Joy True Happiness Pure Sweet Pleasure Pure Joy True Without Exist Cannot Them
Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity. Said Nursi
Grief Anxiety Compassion Somebody Power Pain Everything Torment Relief Find All-Powerful Rely Troubles Accept Without Renounce His Accuse Owns Your Rid Reason Serenity Suffer Ad
By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments. Thomas Aquinas
Nature Liberty Men Other Equal Endowment
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away. William Barclay
Life Will Think Find About Given More Taken Often Us Less Away Compensation
When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer. William Barclay
Life God Better Cause Father Will Believe Needless Never Longer Also Understand His Hand Child Any May Resent Tear
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. Albert Schweitzer
Moving On Great Character Better Sometimes Light Mind Calamities Bends Those Oak Willow Tempest Spirits Recover Sooner Than Escapes Frivolous Often Happens Which Elasticity Presence
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life. Albert Schweitzer
Life Man Will Lose He Part Reverence Loses His Any
Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed. Albert Schweitzer
Day World Thought Spirit Weigh Denied Against Should Granted Deed Jesus
The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions. E. Stanley Jones
Mind Important Determines Unconscious Unconscious Mind Reactions Just Actions Conscious Conscious Mind
Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence. E. Stanley Jones
Intelligence Our Results Intentions Actions
The universal Mind contains all knowledge. It is the potential ultimate of all things. To it, all things are possible. Ernest Holmes
Knowledge Mind Possible All Things Potential Contains Ultimate Things Universal
The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result. Francis Schaeffer
Life Result Spirituality First Christian Area Outward True Sinful Inward First Place Loss Place Act Christian Life
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. Frederick William Faber
Victory Every Temptation Moment Resistance
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy. John Calvin
You Suffering Joy Submit Completion Must Supreme Discover Order
No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion. John Wycliffe
Man Unless He Mere Maintenance Opinion Sake His Authority Scripture Show Credited
I believe that in the end the truth will conquer. John Wycliffe
Truth Will Believe End In The End Conquer
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. Karl Barth
God Grace Laughter Closest Closest Thing Thing
Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind. Mary Baker Eddy
Health Matter Mind Condition
I'm trying to get to a deep future, but in order to get to a deep future, I had to think about the deep past. Mary Daly
Future Past Think About Had Get Trying Order Deep
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