"If, then, this civilization is to be saved, if it is not to be submerged by centuries of barbarism, but to secure the treasures ofits inheritance on new and more stable foundations, there is indeed need for those now living fully to realize how far the decay has already progressed."

-- Johan Huizinga

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“The tendency in our spiritual life but also our more general attitude toward love is that our feelings are all that is going on. And so to us the totality of love is what we feel. But to really love someone requires commitment, fidelity and vulnerability. Mother Teresa wasn't "feeling" Christ's love, and she could have shut down. But she was up at 4:30 every morning for Jesus, and still writing to him, "Your happiness is all I want."”
“A face that is really lovely in repose can fall apart if, when its owner stars to talk, she distorts every feature.”
“Power consists to a large extent in deciding what stories will be told.”
“By raising Christ from death, God as the supreme Judge set his seal to the absolute perfection and completeness of his atoning work. The resurrection is a public announcement to the world that the penalty of death has been borne by Christ to its bitter end and that in consequence the dominion of guilt has been broken, the curse annihilated forever more.”

Source : Geerhardus Vos (2015). “Grace and Glory”, p.94, Booklassic
“Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits.”
“You need to understand the receiver and the offense you're facing that week. Know his tendencies and what routes he runs out of what formations. This will help you understand the concepts of what the receiver is going to give you on a given play, and make you that much better defending him.”

Source : Source: www.nfl.com
“We ought to shout out ourÂ thanksgivingÂ as if every war were over; as if there were no more big taxes; as if there were no sickness, no crime.”
“Fact is stranger than fiction.”

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