#rei

She notices the unyielding ruthlessness of the storm; the crashing waves, the bitter sky kissing the water on the horizon, the keening laments of the sharp, cutting wind, and the relentless liquid deliverance of its somber showers. She’ll never forgive the audacity of the storm’s neglect. ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#phantom-universe #summer-chronicles #forgiveness

It's hard to know, isn't it, whether the things we face are just because the world is full of sin and sinful people, or if God is working out a plan,' Grandma continued. 'I happen to think it's both. There's sin, but through it all, He takes the mess we make and paints a masterpiece. In fact, I'm quite certain that before God can ever bless a woman—and use her to impact many—He uses the hammer, the file, and the furnace to do a holy work. ↗

— Tricia Goyer

#redemption #sovereignty-of-god #suffering #inspirational

Das war ein Vorspiel nur; dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." (Almansor) ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#books #bücherverbrennung #freedom-of-thought #human-rights #meinungsfreiheit

For one to define and understand the nature of the universe, one must first understand the nature of the force behind its existence. ↗

— Reid A. Ashbaucher

#philosophy-of-religion #reid-ashbaucher #the-nature-of-god #change

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity. ↗

— Mercedes Ruehl

#concept #difficult #difficult time #especially #foreign

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken. ↗

— Kemal Ataturk

#sovereignty #taken

The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations. ↗

— Carlos Salinas

#danger #ends #force #frames #longer

The presentation of the Golden Badge of the Movement is the highest honor the Third Reich has to offer. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#golden #highest #honor #movement #offer

We on our part will stick to our independent foreign policy of peace, acting forever as a strong defender of world peace and a persistent proponent of common development. ↗

— Jinato Hu

#common #defender #development #foreign #foreign policy

By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead. ↗

— John Acton

#dead #nations #off #past #reign