#grace

Oh goodness infinite, goodness immense! That all this good of evil shall produce, And evil turn to good; more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth Light out of darkness! Full of doubt I stand, Whether I should repent me now of sin By me done, and occasioned; or rejoice Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring; To God more glory, more good-will to men From God, and over wrath grace shall abound. ↗

— John Milton

#god #good #grace #redemption #men

The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the gospel, are included by God within the covenant of grace. ↗

— Thomas Goodwin

#children #covenant #even #gentiles #god

Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life? ↗

— Henry Harland

#do you know #grace #know #life #minor

I wish grace and healing were more abracadabra kind of things. Also, that delicate silver bells would ring to announce grace's arrival. But no, it's clog and slog and scootch, on the floor, in the silence, in the dark. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith

The way you treat people who are in no position to help you, further you, or benefit you reveals the true state of your heart. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-kind-to-others #grace #heart #helping-others #inner-beauty

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union. ↗

— George Mason

#agreed #because #bring #disgraceful #i

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#because #cannot #condition #equally #grace

Holy fellatio! You are standing there licking him up with your eyes! Do you freaking hear the old seventies porn music playing in your head? ↗

— Christine Zolendz

#lea #shane #music

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace. ↗

— George Santayana

#dignity #grace #his #humility #live

According to Maslow, I was stuck on the second level of the pyramid, unable to feel secure in my health and therefore unable to reach for love and respect and art and whatever else, which is, utter horseshit: The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness. Maslow's pyramid seemed to imply I was less human than other people, and most people seemed to agree with him. ↗

— John Green

#maslow #needs #sickness #art