"A truly Christian love, either to God or……" — Jonathan Edwards
"A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable and full of glory, is a humble broken-hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit, and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behaviour."
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47 Quotes by Jonathan Edwards
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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
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The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and…
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The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
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There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others…
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The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each…
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To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly,…
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Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the…
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All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the…
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I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour.
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There's no map to human behaviour.
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Covering up, so far as I can see, is often the accompaniment to far more truly shameful behaviour than stripping…
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Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities,…
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I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour.
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I've seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don't think that's who I am.
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Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.
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An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be…
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On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak…
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Religion is like a virus that affects the behaviour of its host in such a way as to propagate itself…
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Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game…
— A. P. Herbert
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When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behaviour that compromises…
— Simon Mainwaring
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