"Not one man has ever sacrificed for his Lord without being richly repaid. If the cross is only contrasted with earthly pleasures lost, it may seem hard and threatening. But when the cross is weighed in the balances with the glorious treasures to be had through it, even the cross seems sweet."

-- Walter J Chantry

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“Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.”
“These are different animals now. They're starting to winnow out the weak at the fringe of the herd. We need to hurry or this could affect our snack situation.”
“Wonder is the precondition for all wisdom.”
“For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.”
“Practice makes myelin, and myelin makes perfect.”

Source : "Practice makes perfect?". "All in the Mind", www.abc.net.au. November 5, 2011.
“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.”
“In the present age, man proves his separation from his Creator by his spirit of self-sufficienc y and positive rejection of God. The present issue between God and man is one of whether man will accept God's estimate of him, abandon his hopeless self-struggle, and cast himself only on God who alone is sufficient to accomplish his needed transformation.”
“Speaking of the murder of the younger Hanan, and other eminent nobles and hierarchs, Josephus says, "I cannot but think that it was because God had doomed this city to destruction as a polluted city, and was resolved to purge His sanctuary by fire, that He cut off these their great defenders and well-wishers; while those that a little before had worn the sacred garments and presided over the public worship, and had been esteemed venerable by those that dwelt in the whole habitable earth, were cast out naked, and seen to be the food of dogs and wild beasts."”

Source : Frederic William Farrar (1891). “The Sweet Story of Jesus: The Life of Christ”

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