#wisdom

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think he shall receive anything of the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. ↗

— Anonymous

#faith

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ↗

— Anne Bradstreet

#ax #bruise #edge #fitter #heavy

Ceasing to believe caused a permanent scar in the place where one's faith had been, making it impossible to forget. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#faith

It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physician or midwife if no complications develop during a course of labor. ↗

— Ina May Gaskin

#doctor #health #labor #normal #wisdom

When you recklessly mine the depths of your imagination, universal truths are freed to surface. ↗

— Joshua Emmet

#wisdom #imagination

In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie. ↗

— Criss Jami

#divine #divinity #faith #freedom-of-thought #god

A great benefit of Sabbath keeping is that we learn to let God take care of us — not by becoming passive and lazy, but in the freedom of giving up our feeble attempts to be God in our own lives. ↗

— Marva J. Dawn

#freedom

Fighting in the name of freedom has too high a price," Merlin sighed as he leaned into his mother's arms. ↗

— Dee Marie

#avalon #merlin #politics #wisdom #freedom

Free your mind from routine, keep your brain somewhere else ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#humor #humour #philosophy #wisdom #freedom

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#art #clothes #clothing #designer #fashion