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Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read any other book,… — William Wilberforce
To have faith in Christ means more than simply despising the delights of this life. It means we should bear all our daily trials that… — Symeon the New Theologian
I’m not a damsel and there is no distress — Carrie Jones
The eyes of our citizens are not sufficiently open to the true cause of our distress. They ascribe them to everything but their true cause,… — Thomas Jefferson
As soon as one identifies, challenges and overcomes illegitimate power, he or she is an anarchist. Most people are anarchists. What they call themselves doesn’t… — Noam Chomsky
Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty. — Vernon Howard
Character is revealed in the power to discern the suffering of other people when we ourselves are suffering; in the ability to detect the hunger… — David A. Bednar
It is in the middle that human choices are made; the beginning and the end remain with God. The decrees of God are birth and… — Oswald Chambers
The only possible recourse a baby has when his screams are ignored is to repress his distress, which is tantamount to mutilating his soul, for… — Alice Miller
When we practice generating compassion, we can expect to experience our fear of pain. Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allow… — Pema Chodron
A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption. — Samuel Johnson
The end of an age is always a time of turmoil, war, economic catastrophe, cynicism, lawlessness and distress. But it is also an era of… — R.J. Rushdoony
The family is the world's greatest welfare agency, and the most successful. What the federal government has done in welfare is small and trifling compared… — R.J. Rushdoony
The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor. — Thomas Malthus
The root-trouble of the present distress is that the Church has more faith in the world and the flesh than in the Holy Ghost. — Samuel Chadwick
Spiritual character is only made by standing loyal to God's character, no matter what distress the trial of faith brings. The distress and agony the… — Oswald Chambers
If you can stop using substance or stop your addictive behavior for extended periods of time without craving, you are not dependent. You are dependent… — Chris Prentiss
The saying goes, 'The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.' This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot… — Zhuangzi
The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land. — Joanna Southcott
Be aware of anxiety. Next to sin, thee is nothing that so troubles the mind, stains the heart, distresses the soul, and confuses the judgment. — William Bernard Ullathorne
When we hit a nail with a hammer the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes into a point… — Simone Weil
To regard states of distress in general as an objection, as something which must be abolished is the greatest nonsense on earth; having the most… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind;… — Victor Hugo
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death--can take that… — Henri Nouwen
In the end, the most important thing is not to do things for people who are poor and in distress, but to enter into relationship… — Jean Vanier

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