#ff

Tolstoy said, 'The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed either by a change of life or by a change of conscience.' Many of us have elected to adjust our consciences rather than our lives. Our powers of rationalization are unlimited. They allow us to live in luxury and indifference while others, whom we could help if we chose to, starve and go to hell. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#change #compassion #conscience #conviction #guilt

Fight for change? Thirst for difference? Start talking what men avoid talking about. ↗

— Toba Beta

#change #difference #fight #start-talking #taboo

Serious affairs and history are carefully laid snares for the uninformed. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#books #dejan-stojanovic #history #literature #literature-quotes

Father, today I fought with my friend.” Her father says: “Why did you fight with your friend?” “Because she insulted me, and I was angry.” “Why were you so angry?” “Because she lied about me.” (In some versions: “Because I was hurt by her words.”) “My daughter, did your friend’s words change who you are?” “No.” “Then do not be angry. The opinions of others cannot damage you. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#self-sufficiency #true #change

Christ literally walked in our shoes and entered into our affliction. Those who will not help others until they are destitute reveal that Christ's love has not yet turned them into the sympathetic persons the gospel should make them. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#jesus #sympathy #love

Suffering so someone else didn't have to suffer. Sacrificing your body for someone else's well being. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#suffering #love

When YOU stop believing one person in the world cannot make a difference; differences in the world will be made. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#change-the-world #homeless #humanity #humanity-and-society #inspiration

It's going to be a hard time; we can count on that. But with all the misery, what opportunities to show mercy and brotherly love in our land, which has sinned so greatly against love. And patience! For now is the time when the victors, in the blind triumph of their victory, are likely to make mistakes. But that's not our concern, for we shall only be the sufferers, not the agents of suffering. What a power for peace will lie in our own powerlessness if we can only glimpse in it the sign of grace! ↗

— Margot Benary-Isbert

#peace #suffering #war #love

It didn't matter how wonderful Andrew was and how much effort he was prepared to put into their relationship. While Lou didn't feel the same way, his love was only building a tower without foundations. ↗

— Chris Manby

#heartbreak #love #love

Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust? ↗

— Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

#affection #behavior #conduct #feelings #love