Perdition Quotes

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O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman whom Thou gavest… — Symeon the New Theologian
For the spear was a desert physician, That cured not a few of ambition, And drave not a few to perdition, With medicine bitter and… — James Elroy Flecker
Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition either by not having known… — Soren Kierkegaard
Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not… — George Bernard Shaw
This is perdition: the things to which the heart was attached pass away while the person himself, who is an eternal being, is filled with… — Johan Oscar Smith
Science without conscience is the soul's perdition. — Francois Rabelais
Christianity did not come with tidings of great joy, but with a message of eternal grief. It came with the threat of everlasting torture on… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou… — Bayazid Bastami
Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have… — Eliza Farnham
If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine; if you can make him… — Henry Thomas Buckle
Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply,- "'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved… — Deborah Sampson
The envy of excellence leads to perdition; the love of it leads to the light. — George Gilder
Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition. — Vincent de Paul
Wonderful nature has a double meaning, which dazzles great minds and blinds uncultivated souls. When man is ignorant, when the desert is filled with visions,… — Victor Hugo
It is not a gain that guilt should be wholly forgotten. On the contrary, it is loss and perdition. But it is a gain to… — Soren Kierkegaard
.......the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their… — P.J. O'Rourke
The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal. — Albert Einstein
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order… — Carl Jung
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may… — George Muller

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