“But Perdition was a much asylum as prison, and when you were standing in somebody else's delusions, it was both polite and… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
Perdition awaits at the end of a road constructed entirely from good intentions, the devil emerges from the details and hell abides… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was lovely, and tempting, to exert power over men and to shine before others, but power also had its perditions and… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply,- "'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
For the spear was a desert physician, That cured not a few of ambition, And drave not a few to perdition, With… — James Elroy Flecker Copy Share Image
Forget not, never forget that you have promised me to use this silver to become an honest man… Jean Valjean, my brother:… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It is our expression that the flux between that which isn't and that which won't be, or the state that is commonly… — Charles Fort Copy Share Image
The missionary calling has sometimes been interpreted as a calling to stem this fearful cataract of souls going to eternal perdition. But… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“Open your eyes, Ambrosio, and be prudent. Hell is your lot; You are doomed to eternal perdition; Nought lies beyond your grave… — Matthew Gregory Lewis Copy Share Image
In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
It is not a gain that guilt should be wholly forgotten. On the contrary, it is loss and perdition. But it is… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The holy angels live and qualify in the light, in the good quality wherein the Holy Ghost reigneth. The devils live and… — Jakob Bohme Copy Share Image
O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
“Maybe Hell isn’t a literal place with fire and sulfur and pitchforks — maybe it’s just the things we bring with us.… — Taylor Adams Copy Share Image
The Holy Ghost carries on the whole Christian system in this earth. Not a Baptism, not a Marriage, not a Sacrament can… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a… — Eliza Farnham Copy Share Image
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected… — George Muller Copy Share Image
Wonderful nature has a double meaning, which dazzles great minds and blinds uncultivated souls. When man is ignorant, when the desert is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I do not like the late resurrection of the Jesuits. . . . If ever any congregation of men could merit eternal… — John Adams Copy Share Image
And woman is the same as horses: two wills act in opposition inside her. With one will she wants to subject herself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the zone of perdition where my youth went as if to complete its education, one would have said that the portents… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
Christianity did not come with tidings of great joy, but with a message of eternal grief. It came with the threat of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Watchful are the Gods of all Hands with slaughter stained. The black Furies wait, and when a man Has grown by luck,… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in… — Paul the Apostle Copy Share Image
Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for… — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image