Affliction Quote by Thomas Brooks Download Open image “There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction.” — Thomas Brooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affliction Evil Sin
It is not only that sin consists in doing evil, but in not doing the good that we know. — Henry Allen Ironside Copy Share Image
Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are. — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
“We are to choose affliction rather than sin, yea, the greatest affliction before the least sin. Moses” — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
The devil makes small sins seem smaller in our eyes, for otherwise he can't lead us to greater evil. — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them. — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
Evil is neither suffering nor sin; it is both at the same time, it is something common to them both. For they are linked… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
It is not he who knows most, nor he who hears most, nor yet he who talks most, but he who exercises grace most,… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation?… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
The two poles could sooner meet, than the love of Christ and the love of the world. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine... Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
I don't feel insecure about any of this work anymore. Maybe I don't have what I had when I was younger. I'm not really… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
