#spirit

A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#brook #compulsion #dictates #disposed #englishmen

No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake. ↗

— Walter Lang

#direct #holy #holy spirit #miraculous #mistake

To my mind, the most important aspect of the Nobel Awards is that they bring home to the masses of the peoples of all nations, a realization of their common interests. They carry to those who have no direct contact with science the international spirit. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

#aspect #awards #bring #carry #common

Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#anyone #consists #contented #exercise #fresh

Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. There's a switch inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the other. It's almost always the case that our worst behaviour comes out when we're switched to the mob setting. The problem with a lot of software designs is that they switch us to that setting. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#always #behaviour #beings #case #comes

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#bring #insights #new #politics #reject

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive. ↗

— Earl Warren

#form #justice #keeps #law #spirit

You can have financial strength, professional strength, emotional strength but for me without spiritual strength none of the rest of it matters. ↗

— Star Jones

#financial #matters #me #none #professional

Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his history is entitled to the utmost degree of credibility. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#attendant #being #constant #credibility #degree

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. ↗

— John Henrik Clarke

#brought #conquerors #control #framework #hand