"The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself."

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Source : "Doctrine And Development". Book by Hastings Rashdall, 1898.

Peter Abelard

#Christmas Quotes #World Quotes #Might Quotes

“Here I found myself in my early 20s, at the height of my career, up against something I was totally powerless against. I had enemies I had never heard of because of this. I certainly didn't have needles hanging out of my arms, nor did I smoke anything.”
“The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is not necessarily the same thing.”

Source : Herman Kahn, Paul Dragoș Aligică, Kenneth R. Weinstein (2009). “The Essential Herman Kahn: In Defense of Thinking”, p.29, Lexington Books
“I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic middle age, imposture, moneymaking, public relations, bad writing, mental confusion.”
“Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.”

Source : Song: Paint the Sky With Stars
“Early youth is a baffling time”
“Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle them about, add a dash of excitement, a little color, and there you have it.”
“a poem is like a wine glass in which you can hold up a little bit of reality and taste it.”
“Dreams do not work unless you do.”

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