#provoking

Faustus, who embraced evil and shunned righteousness, became the foremost symbol of the misuse of free will, that sublime gift from God with its inherent opportunity to choose virtue and reject iniquity. “What shall a man gain if he has the whole world and lose his soul,” (Matt. 16: v. 26) - but for a notorious name, the ethereal shadow of a career, and a brief life of fleeting pleasure with no true peace? This was the blackest and most captivating tragedy of all, few could have remained indifferent to the growing intrigue of this individual who apparently shook hands with the devil and freely chose to descend to the molten, sulphuric chasm of Hell for all eternity for so little in exchange. It is a drama that continues to fascinate today as powerfully as when Faustus first disseminated his infamous card in the Heidelberg locale to the scandal of his generation. In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#evil #evil-men #faust #faust-legend #faustian

What is it like to be at one with the world? Is it peaceful, where we simply fade into nothing-ness? Or a delicate balance, one where the slightest of things disturbs it. Is it humbling or terrifying? Does it take our breath away? Or does it subtly flow through us all, finding rare times to surface. ↗

— Alexander Geiersbach

#life #thought-provoking #life

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life. ↗

— Helen Exley

#change #inspiration #life #reading #thought-provoking

First of all, there is no love triangle. There is a person in the middle who likes attention. ↗

— John from FYA

#love #thought-provoking #dating

His heart...responds to those once-upon-a-time people, anonymous in the shadows, the faith it took them to come together and rest and listen through the gruesomeness, their patience for the ever after, happy or not. ↗

— Lauren Groff

#faith

Don't use yesterday's state of mind, to make today's decision. ↗

— C. Nzingha Smith

#life #motivational #think #thought-provoking #inspirational

The humans were protecting their heritage, or so they thought. Strange that Mud Men seem more concerned about the past than the present. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#inspirational #thought-provoking #inspirational

Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers by day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dreams with open eyes to make them possible. ↗

— T.E. Lawrence

#dreams

If blue helmeted UN peacekeepers show up in your town or village and offer to protect you, run. ↗

— Andrew Thomson

#peacekeeping #thought-provoking #un #thought-provoking

‎"Tell me, sir, what is a butterfly?" "It's what you are meant to become. It flies with beautiful wings and joins the earth to heaven. It drinks only nectar from the flowers and carries the seeds of love from one flower to another. Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. ↗

— Trina Paulus

#thought-provoking #beauty