"Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not a misfortune to be pitied and relieved, but a moral failing to be condemned, and in riches, not an object of suspicion ... but the blessing which rewards the triumph of energy and will."

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Source : R. H. Tawney (2016). “Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism”, p.198, Verso Books

R. H. Tawney

#Fall Quotes #Character Quotes #Blessing Quotes

“â€ŽOnce we recognize what it is we are feeling, once we recognize we can feel deeply, love deeply, can feel joy, then we will demand that all parts of our lives produce that kind of joy.”
“What I have got from my childhood aren't toys, but memories. And happy memories are better than any toy.”

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“The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.”
“In this life, such things as service in the Church, including missionary service, all of this is available to anyone who is true to covenants and commandments.”

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“A man must learn to forgive himself.”
“We might be on the brink of an apocalypse if, instead of poor people with suicide bombs killing middle class guys, middle-class people with suicide bombs started killing rich guys.”
“I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.”
“This unrequited love, to me it's nothing but a one-man cult/And cyanide in my styrofoam cup”

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