"What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone."

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Source : 'From Greenland's icy mountains' (1821 hymn). Heber later altered 'Ceylon's isle' to 'Java's isle'.

Reginald Heber

#Kindness Quotes #Men Quotes #Blow Quotes

“Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.”
“There is perhaps no field aspiring to be scientific where flagrant personal bias, logic martyred in the cause of supporting a prejudice, unfounded assertions, and even sentimental rot and drivel, have run riot to such an extent as here.”
“I spent most of my life locked in my bedroom, miserable about my raging acne.”
“The good, the bad, that's just life. Let it go. There's no need to fret about the past. The question is: who are you going to share it with tomorrow?”
“Chin up, shoulders back. Let ‘em know you’re here. #ProudOfWhoYouAre”
“Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.”
“The strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours.”

Source : John Piper (2012). “Future Grace, Revised Edition: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God”, p.170, Multnomah
“When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious.”

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