"Abram, having failed in Genesis 13, comes through with flying colors in this battle of faith because he aligns himself with God, and he refuses to allow his heart to be compromised by the possibility of taking the riches that this world can offer."

-- Ligon Duncan

#Heart Quotes #Color Quotes #Flying Quotes

“There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them.”
“On the way to work, concentrate on the way - not the work.”
“Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”
“Newspapers are a centre of public culture. We canâ€™t give in to extortion.”
“It is true that physics gives a wonderful training in precise, logical thinking-about physics. It really does depend upon accurate reproducible experiments, and upon framing hypotheses with the greatest possible freedom from dogmatic prejudice. And if these were the really important things in life, physics would be an essential study for everybody.”
“This pious practice, by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored and the Christian people enriched with spiritual gifts, gladdens and consoles us. Mary remains ever the path that leads to Christ. Every encounter with her can only result in an encounter with Christ himself”
“I mean, if you're gonna purposely lose your mind, you want to get it back some day. Don't you? Okay, maybe not.”
“The whole concept of 'wild' was decidedly European, one not shared by the original inhabitants of this continent. What we called 'wilderness' was to the Indian a homeland, 'abiding loveliness' in Salish or Piegan. The land was not something to be feared or conquered, and 'wildlife' were neither wild nor alien; they were relatives.”

Source : Doug Peacock (2011). “Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness”, p.185, Macmillan

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