#prophecy

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#inaction #pessimism #self-fulfilling-prophecy #pessimism

Mithorden said it well," she said finally. "It's worshipping death. They say they follow light. But, in the end, they're really following desolation, division, the end of things. You should hear their prophecies -- war, destruction, only special chosen people are spared." She felt sad and angry. Worse, she wondered to what ends people who believed these things would go to assert their views. ↗

— Robert Fanney

#death #faith #prophecy #religion #the-end

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

#generally #honest #however #poor #poor substitute

Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event. ↗

— George Gissing

#event #familiar #persistent #prophecy #way

If a dream can tell the future it can also thwart that future. For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come. He is bound to no one that the world unfold just so upon its course and those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream? ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#fate #predestination #prophecy #sorcery #dreams

If you are an antichrist, you won't believe in the bible prophecy from the beginning. Which means, you won't believe that physical immortality will become possible. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#become #beginning #believe #bible #immortality

Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. ↗

— Anonymous

#biblical #god #prophecy #prophetic #quiet

Play to your strengths.” “I haven’t got any,” said Harry, before he could stop himself. “Excuse me,” growled Moody, “you’ve got strengths if I say you’ve got them. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#education #encouragement #exhortation #prophecy #education

Jesus did not stand as a prophet and utter judgements; wherever He went the unerring directness of His presence located men. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#prophecy #men

Well, with prophecy you got to see what happens. ↗

— George Noory

#happens #prophecy #see #well #you