"Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of."

Philosophy, Pride, Contempt, Irony, Observation

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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

"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

"I am the creation of love.I am the source of love.I am the beginning of love.I like to vanish in love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Philosophy, Creation, Love, Self, Beginning

"I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is a serious business."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Philosophy, Believe, Obedience, There

"Morality established from Science is the key to understanding Coexistence.Science based on Morality is the reason we have prejudice for things we don't understand."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Philosophy, Morality, Science, Prejudice, Understanding

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"The purpose of all wars, is peace."

Peace, Purpose

"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."

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"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."

Time,

"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."

Habit, Necessity, Roman

"For in our hope we are saved."

Faith, Hope, Optimism, Future

"There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say that my God displeased me, it refused to attribute to You whatever was displeasing."

Philosophy, Health, Acceptance, Creation, Observation

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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."

"I am the creation of love.I am the source of love.I am the beginning of love.I like to vanish in love."

"I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is a serious business."

"Morality established from Science is the key to understanding Coexistence.Science based on Morality is the reason we have prejudice for things we don't understand."

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"The purpose of all wars, is peace."

"Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again."

"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."

"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."

"For in our hope we are saved."

"There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say that my God displeased me, it refused to attribute to You whatever was displeasing."

"Lavish spending cloaks the dark side of generosity."

"Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself."

"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

"A community is nothing else than a harmonious collection of individuals."