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Rather Quotes by Jerry Bridges
- The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the general is displayed…
- Truth is we must plant and we must water if we are to make progress with our children in holiness but only the Holy Spirit…
- The fruit of the Spirit is fundamentally relational. Rather than originating with us, it flows to us from our union with Christ, and it flows…
- Contentment is one of the most distinguishing traits of the godly person, because a godly person has his heart focused on God rather than on…
- We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds.…
- It is not the fact that we are united in common goals or purposes that makes us a community. Rather, it is the fact that…
- ... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
- The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further… — Neil Armstrong
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov