Quote by Joshua Wolf Shenk Download Open image ““Her brother-in-law Ninian Edwards said bluntly, “She could make a bishop forget his prayers.”” — Joshua Wolf Shenk ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“I would see him, Edward.' It was no request; he knew it to be an ultimatum. He shook his head violently, not trusting his… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“Then, turning to his sister: "Sister, never a precaution on the part of the priest, against his fellow-man. That which his fellow does, God… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Edwards followed what he believed the proper procedure whenever contemplating a move: he agreed to convene an ad hoc council of clergy that would… — George M. Marsden Copy Share Image
“Wait.” She spun much too quickly. He’d rounded the pulpit, looking as if he had every intention of chasing after her. As she waited… — Jody Hedlund Copy Share Image
“Edwards’s God was glorious, full of beauty, and seemingly uninterested in making people feel insecure. Edwards was a mystic, a man who didn’t simply… — Matthew Paul Turner Copy Share Image
“And what about Edward, is he still alive?' 'I don't know... I pray God he is.' 'But you don't expect him anymore?' 'No... If… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Do you think we're making a mistake?" snapped the Bishop. "Not at all," said Dom Cristao. "I think we've taken a step toward something… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Do you not pray, Miss Smallwood?' She avoided his gaze. 'No.' 'God is speaking to you every day,' he said softly. 'You might return… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
“never say amen in church if they're capping off a prayer about you.” — Exene Cervenka Copy Share Image
“The Perspectives of Psychiatry, Paul R. McHugh and Phillip R. Slavney identify four approaches to a suffering person.” — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“The individuals in great dyads will be very different from each other and very much alike. These simultaneous extremes generate the deep rapport and… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“In the fourth century, John Cassian described a condition among his fellow monks that he called “acedia”: a “weariness or distress of heart . . .… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“creeping fear of madness often accompanies depression. Sufferers wonder if their black moods will ever lift, or if their feelings of alienation from the… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“The American tradition of separation of church and state grew directly from the freethinking of the Founders. After political independence, they considered independence of… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“A person with a melancholy temperament had been fated with both an awful burden and what Byron called “a fearful gift.” The burden was… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“because of them, he worked all the harder in his thirties and forties to “make himself,” emotionally as well as materially, and go on… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“The distinction is essential. Fault implies a failure or weakness for which a person should be held to account, if not outright blamed. Misfortune… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“In the early nineteenth century, a new culture—a new idea about what to hope for—emerged for many Americans, centered around the independent self, under… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“ONE OF THE REASONS that depression is so problematic—and deadly, leading to many of the forty thousand suicides in the United States each year—is… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“Lincoln was raised in the thick of Old School Calvinism. In Kentucky and Indiana, his parents belonged to a fire-breathing sect called Separate Baptism,… — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image
“As late as 1820, families made three quarters of all goods—food, clothing, tools—for their own use.” — Joshua Wolf Shenk Copy Share Image