"What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree. [Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]"

Philosophy, Fate, Prayer, Future

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"What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree. [Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]"

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"War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Evil, Only, Human

"Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!"

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Place, Heaven, Wonderful

"God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Want, Does, Apartment

"I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose!"

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Philosophy, Life, Choice, Hypocrisy, Authenticity

"Thought, if I may put it, is the man behind the possession, appearance, things we like, things we hate and the very epitome of life."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Philosophy, Thought, Possession, Appearance, Life

"We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Covet, Expect, Should

"A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Philosophy, Wonder, Existence, Stars, Curiosity

"Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I'm really looking forward to that."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Will, Rest, Heavenly

"There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Philosophy, Excess

"The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature--: and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Philosophy, Magic, Miracle, Law, Nature

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"Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung."

Politics, Justice, Law, Authority

"There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it."

Justice, Civilization, Work, Equality

"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."

Spiritual, Faith, God, Awe, Universe

"Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it."

Ethics, Judgment, People, Truth, Behavior

"It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents."

Family, Freedom, Love, Children

"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

Leadership, Work, God, Charity, Firmness

"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

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"War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross."

"Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!"

"God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar."

"Thought, if I may put it, is the man behind the possession, appearance, things we like, things we hate and the very epitome of life."

"We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world."

"A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question."

"Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I'm really looking forward to that."

"There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess."

"The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature--: and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection."

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"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."

"I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong."

"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."

"Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung."

"There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it."

"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."

"Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it."

"It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents."

"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."