"Some of the parables that Matthew records and that Jesus delivered as part of his Olivet Discourse-such as the ten virgins and their lamps or the servants and the talents they were given-are some of the best known of Jesus' teachings. Reading them in the context of his prophecies about the end of the world, however, makes them clearly parables of preparation. To be on his right hand with his "sheep" rather than at his left hand with the "goats" at his return, we must prepare ourselves now."

-- Eric D. Huntsman

#Jesus Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Reading Quotes

“My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought me to a rejection of the radical movement after my early membership in the Socialist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World, and the Communist affiliates I worked with.”
“I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.”

Source : "The Diddly Awards: Honoring Our Do-Nothing Congress" by Jack Hitt, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2000.
“To the patient, any operation is momentous.”
“Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.”
“In depression . . . faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no remedy will come - - not in a day, an hour, a month, or a minute . . . It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.”
“Hope is often bitter, but it drives us, and we cling.”

Source : Michelle Sagara (2016). “Cast in Chaos”, p.165, MIRA
“... an institution cannot be run progressively on a basis of fear.”
“He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.”

Source : 1623 The Bondman, act1, sc.3.

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