#test

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#art #authentic #bad #beside #between

Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture. ↗

— Martin Chemnitz

#antiquity #consensus #considerable #diligence #examine

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest. ↗

— John Keats

#ever #kisses #last #new #sweetest

These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#dark #days #ever #great #greatest

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#correctness #educational #happiness #procedure #test

Could the one whom Christians worship be merely a mythological creation, or is he real? These questions have exercised many great minds and have been the dominant issue in New Testament studies during this century. ↗

— John Clayton

#century #christians #could #creation #dominant

Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords? ↗

— John Clayton

#christ #church #dead #divine #faith

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#dies #greatest #inside #life #live

I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#child #gifts #give #giving #greatest

For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world's greatest athletes. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#american dream #athletes #centuries #dream #gateway