#spirit

It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted up into the light of the highest Christian civilization, are, first, a pure, spiritual Christianity, and second, civil liberty. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#christian #christianity #civil #civil liberty #civilization

There the union of Church and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members of the body of Christ. Here there is no such influence to destroy spiritual life and power. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#christ #church #destroy #here #influence

Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles. ↗

— David Suzuki

#consequences #consumer #deeply #ecological #held

Only a spiritually bankrupt society could ever believe it. Only atheists could accept this Satanic theory. ↗

— Jimmy Swaggart

#atheists #bankrupt #believe #could #ever

Strive to infinity, for no thing is impossible. The world is at your feet, and to accomplish your dreams takes nothing but a pocket full of determination and maybe a few coffee's... ↗

— Heather Mitchell

#motivational #spirituality #dreams

You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time. ↗

— George William Russell

#evoke #great #plums #same #spirits

Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes. ↗

— Richard Russo

#always #authors #book #changes #faithful

And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#around #feel #his #i #i think

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit. ↗

— Andrei Sakharov

#belief #both #fast #hidden #hold

In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#different #general #grammar #inscriptions #instance