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God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart." "God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually… — Unknown Author
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. — Sidney Lanier
Though we can't always see it at the time, if we look upon events with some perspective, we see things always happen for our best… — Swami Satchidananda
Security and contentment can come only through interdependence of every man upon every other man. — Walter Russell
When such as I cast out remorse; So great a sweetness flows into the breast; We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest… — William Butler Yeats
True achievement in any sphere of action depends upon real ability, and a strong, deep, whole-souled love. — Christian D. Larson
...inner spiritual transformation is just as dependent upon the effect of our economic life upon the world as transformations in the world are dependent upon… — Stephen Batchelor
The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else. — Steven Pressfield
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps luckier than one's neighbor, but still… — Euripides
See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly. — Homer
Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart.... — Euripides
Zeus most glorious and most great, Thundercloud, throned in the heavens! Let not the sun go down and the darkness come, until I cast down… — Homer
All creation is a mine, and every man a miner. The whole earth, and all within it, upon it, and round about it, including himself… — Abraham Lincoln
Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet the universe exists;… — Jacques Monod
Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching, they alter the… — John Flavel
I find myself frequently depressed - perhaps more so than any other person here. And I find no better cure for that depression than to… — Charles Spurgeon
I know, perhaps as well as anyone, what depression means, and what it is to feel myself sinking lower and lower. Yet at the worst,… — Charles Spurgeon
The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The… — Charles Spurgeon
The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of ethical responsibility, deprives him of… — Carl Jung
The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made partakers of Christ… — John Owen
Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the vanity of it;… — John Flavel
This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such… — Richard Sibbes
Christian, let God's distinguishing love to you be a motive to you to fear Him greatly. He has put His fear in your heart, and… — John Bunyan
If believers decay in their first love, or in some other grace, yet another grace may grow and increase, such as humility, their brokenheartedness; they… — Richard Sibbes
If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to… — John Owen

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