Lest Quotes

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Anyone who has fallen into fornication, adultery or any other such bodily impurity, should desist from this revolting filth and cleanse himself through confession, tears,… — Gregory Palamas
Let no one out of laziness or continuous worldly occupations miss these holy Sunday gatherings, which God Himself handed down to us, lest he be… — Gregory Palamas
And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition,… — Barack Obama
People tell me judge not lest ye be judged. I always tell them, twist not scripture lest ye be like satan — Paul Washer
Do not try to make the gospel tasteful to carnal minds. Do not hide the offense of the cross, lest you make it of no… — Charles Spurgeon
That it has pleased God to make Holy Scripture obscure in certain places lest, if it were perfectly clear to all, it might be vulgarized… — Pope Gregory VII
A person may say I am not much concerned how long I stay in purgatory, provided I may come to eternal life. Let no one… — Caesarius of Arles
I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow… — Isambard Kingdom Brunel
As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That… — John Trumbull
Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest… — Benjamin Franklin
Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in… — Samuel Johnson
When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because… — Baron de Montesquieu
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to… — Vincent de Paul
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that his monks strain… — Philip Kapleau
Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest,… — Saint Augustine
Today's mom watches her every child-rearing step lest she commit some egregious and apocalyptic parenting faux pas that will certainly doom her child to a… — John Rosemond
It is exactly the fear of revenge that motivates the deepest crimes, from the killing of the enemy's children lest they grow up to play… — Christopher Hitchens
When it was proposed to me to go abroad, rub oft some rust, and better my condition in a worldly sense, I fear lest my… — Henry David Thoreau
Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise. — George Whitman
Let us not look east and west for materials of conversation, but rest in presence and unity. A just feeling will fast enough supply fuel… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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