#natur

For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it. ↗

— Martin Buber

#cannot #conflict #his #just #man

I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right! ↗

— Frances Farmer

#any #died #god #i #i think

Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didn't have them anywhere else. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#always #anywhere #because #been #being

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. ↗

— Buddha

#bring #come #control #discipline #enjoy

Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#anyone #barrel #been #bring #certainly

This depravation of our nature is nothing else but the blotting out of God's image in us. ↗

— Heinrich Bullinger

#else #god #image #nature #nothing

Naturally, when one makes progressive steps, there may be some who see it as a betrayal of their goals and interests. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#goals #interests #makes #may #naturally

I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate - it's not a new philosophy I'm sharing - more than hardship, hardship tends to unify. ↗

— Colin Farrell

#hardship #i #material #material wealth #mean

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#equity #governs #humanity #justice #law

Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language. ↗

— Kenneth Burke

#how #language #light #nature #our