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- An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement; he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out…
- Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart til it reaches my outer me
- Love is without a doubt the laziest theory for the meaning of life, but when it actually comes a time to do it we find…
- From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.
- You get hit the hardest when trying to run or hide from a problem. Like the defense on a football field, putting all focus on…
- Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.
- The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely…
- For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not…
- Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt;…
- The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear…
- Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering…
- I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once…
- What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.
- One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience…
- Hopefully, when your actions and deeds - and therefore other people - boast for you, you're made tired of hearing it, too, from your own…
- One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment without teaching how to judge righteously. We now…
- God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doing quite well…
- Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then…
- Some people are ignorant of the world but educated in Scripture, and are therefore prone to missing the relevance of Scripture - these sometimes, later,…
- It can be a good thing if deeper theology, or philosophy, only makes one more uncertain. It may lead to a healthy doubt; he may…
- A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself.
- Part of God's work in his people is synchronizing the heart and the mind thus providing freedom from the deceit of emotion-based beliefs. Emotions are…
- It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in…
- When we find that God's ways always coincide with our own ways, it's time to question who we're really worshipping, God or ourselves. The latter…
- History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people, supposedly important spiritual…
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