#fellow

He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#always #been #checking #city #contemplative

We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#birth #distracted #ethical #fellow #his

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. ↗

— Helen Keller

#amount #devil #die #energy #ennui

Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#am #back #chairman #citizens #convention

I have the utmost respect for the different faiths professed by my fellow men. ↗

— Leverett Saltonstall

#different faiths #faiths #fellow #fellow men #i

However, the Bible is called the Word of God because the whole transcript is an inspired, faithful, and infallible record of what God determined essential for us to know about Himself, the cosmos in which we live, our spiritual allies and adversaries, and our fellow man. ↗

— Walter Martin

#adversaries #allies #because #bible #called

It may seem a hard task to condemn fellow creatures to long years of confinement in prison, but it is not so hard if they clearly deserve it. ↗

— Thomas Mellon

#condemn #confinement #creatures #deserve #fellow

Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged. ↗

— Herman Melville

#dying #evermore #fellows #indulged #little

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect. ↗

— Herman Melville

#fellow #like #out #respect #salt

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#declaring #fellow #fool #his #suspicions