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The more faithful preachers are to the Word of God in their preaching, the more liable they are to the charge of hypocrisy. Why? Because the more faithful people are to the Word of God the higher the message is that they will preach. The higher the message, the further they will be from obeying themselves. ↗

— R.C. Sproul

#hypocrisy #repentance #faith

I knew when I was 6. I just knew it; I didn't care about nothing else. If I didn't make it in this world, I would probably be homeless. I gave myself that little to fall back on. ↗

— Shawn Wayans

#back #care #else #fall #gave

My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas. ↗

— George Weah

#brown #chicken #christmas #could #died

Boy you really missed the boat. I’ll make it simple, so’s even fuckin you can understand. Papa God growed us up till we could wear long pants; then he licensed his name to dollar bills, left some car keys on the table, and got the fuck outta town”. Water rushes to his eye-holes. “Don’t be lookin up at no sky for help. Look down here, at us twisted dreamers”. He takes hold of my shoulders, spins me around, and punches me towards the mirror on the wall. “You’re the God. Take responsibility. Exercise your power ↗

— D.B.C. Pierre

#faith #god #religion #vernon-god-little #faith

God is perceived by the heart, not by your reason. But what is reason? Your heart simplifying God’s guidance to fit your own needs. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#reason #religion #faith

I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#australian #confidence #government #i #levels

There is only one true wealth in all the universe--living time. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#life #mortality #wealth #death

Tirelessly they flew on and on, and tirelessly she kept pace. She felt a fierce joy possessing her, that she could command these immortal presences. And she rejoiced in her blood and flesh, in the rough pine bark she felt next to her skin, in the beat of her heart and the life of all her senses, and in the hunger she was feeling now, and in the presence of her sweet-voiced bluethroat dæmon, and in the earth below her and the lives of every creature, plant and animal both; and she delighted in being of the same substance as them, and in knowing that when she died her flesh would nourish other lives as they had nourished her. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#joy #life #ruta-skadi #death

We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#areas #defence #drive #great #hardware

You think it's so great to die and make everyone cry and carry on. Well it ain't. ↗

— Katherine Paterson

#life #moving-on #death