#abraham

I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter. ↗

— Burton Richter

#born #child #elder #fanny #i

The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#gardening #self-sufficiency #art

Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God. ↗

— Joe L. Wheeler

#faith #god #goodness #courage

Extermination of city could be prevented by presence of a few who have faith of God. ↗

— Toba Beta

#sodom-and-gomorrah #faith

There are but two types of men who desire war: those who haven’t the slightest intention of fighting it themselves, and those who haven’t the slightest idea what it is. … Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time. ↗

— Seth Grahame-Smith

#vampires #war #death

I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#inspirational #age

When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether they were on God’s side. ↗

— Joe L. Wheeler

#faith #god #history #courage

Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will. ↗

— Joe L. Wheeler

#courage #faith #god #courage

But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them. ↗

— Bruce Feiler

#god #faith