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faith ignorance sea
It is sufficiently humiliating to our nature to reflect that our knowledge is but as she rivulet, our ignorance as the sea. On points of the highest interest, the moment we quit the light of revelation we shall find that Platonism itself is intimately connected with Pyrrhonism, and the deepest inquiry with the darkest doubt. Charles Caleb Colton
faith christian spiritual
Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body. Charles Caleb Colton
faith men moral
When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable. Charles Dickens
faith religious prayer
God allows us to dace difficulties so that our faith will be stretched and refined. The trials we face provide an excellent opportunity for us to declare our dependence on God and not on ourselves. The way we win the battle with discouragement is by humbling ourselves before God and telling Him that we need Him. There is only one way to do this, and it is through prayer. Charles Stanley
faith religious prayer
Prayer is an act of faith. Just by praying to God, you are declaring our trust in someone other than yourself. Your faith is increased as you pray and watch how God answers your prayers. God says in Jeremiah 33:3, Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know. God is awesome in power and there is never a time when He is not beside you. He is faithful and holy. Charles Stanley
faith morning faces
Wash your face every morning in a bath of praise. Charles Spurgeon
faith foundation obedience
Faith is the fountain, the foundation and the fosterer of obedience. Charles Spurgeon
faith distance possession
Faith obliterates time, annihilates distance, and brings future things at once into its possession. Charles Spurgeon
faith religious men
Men will never be great in theology until they are great in suffering. Charles Spurgeon
retreat retweet
Dont retreat. Retweet! Ai Weiwei
retreat too-late late
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat. Juvenal
retreat sides balls
Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position. Edward Abbey
retreat female dangerous
The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat. Don Marquis
retreat sin ifs
Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back. Isaac Barrow
retreat saint knees
That saint who advances on his knees never retreats... Jim Elliot
retreat advantage wit
Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat. Christian Nestell Bovee
retreat ministry difficulty
The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat. It is to prevail. George W. Bush
retreat wave harm
You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet. Jennifer Ehle
motives prove prudence
Magnanimity has no need to prove the prudence of its motives Vauvenargues Marquis
motive since
Since they have done that we have even more of a motive to be public. Carlo Piana
motive outraged people
I wish for you all, each of you, to have your own motive for indignation. This is precious. When something outrages you as I was outraged by Nazism, then people become militant, strong, and involved. Stephane Hessel
motive point
Motive is something we're not getting into at this point and time. Walter Wilson
motive suspicion time
Our suspicion at this time is that the motive was theft. Bruce Good
motive our-time
We do things when it is our time to do them. They do not occur to us until it is time; they cannot be resisted, once their time has come. It's a question of time, not motive. Bharati Mukherjee
motive ifs saved
If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved? C. S. Lewis
motive left
One cannot live without motives. I have no motives left, and I am living. Emile M. Cioran
motives
As always with Cablevision, their motives are inscrutable, Craig Moffett