"The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition!"

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John Owen

#Spirit Quotes #Sin Quotes #Lord Quotes

“If, for example, all the codons are triplets, then in addition to the correct reading of the message, there are two incorrect readings which we shall obtain if we do not start the grouping into sets of three at the right place.”
“Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some delusions and rationalisations about what harms are good for people themselves (prison punishment, hysterectomies for unhappy 1950s wives); and readjusted our for-the-good of others criteria so as to demand only reasonable sacrifices (ceasing to use children as handy chimney sweeps).”
“The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.' And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.”
“When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.”
“Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.”
“Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.”
“The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.”
“I feel like I'm treating people as I'd like to be treated.”

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