#ff

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again. ↗

— Robert South

#again #father #god #kills #may

Another night I dreamed I heard heavenly music sounding in my ears, and a flock of sheep was gathering round it. When the music ceased, the sheep leaped for joy, and ran together, shaking their heads; and one shook his head almost off, and seemed to have nothing but ears. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#another #ceased #dreamed #ears #flock

Another night, I dreamed I saw my father sweeping out the barn floor clean, and would not suffer the wheat to be brought in the barn. He appeared to me to be in anger. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#another #appeared #barn #brought #clean

I am the fool, and must be the sufferer, if it be not of God. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#fool #god #i #i am #must

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#air #breathing #bright #effort #fresh

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer. ↗

— Terry Southern

#difficulty #film #lack #sense #superior

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values. ↗

— Terry Southern

#beard #certain #i #known #long

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain. ↗

— Robert Southey

#certain #effect #end #evil #good

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves. ↗

— Robert Southey

#god #good #loves #man #sent

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#afford #amazing #bureaucracy #cannot #doctors