"Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb."

-- Sophie Swetchine

#Faith Quotes #Life Is Like Quotes #Burning Quotes

“But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success.”

Source : John Foxe, John Malham, T. Pratt (1856). “Fox's Book of Martyrs, Or, The Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church: Being a Complete History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Deaths of the Christian Martyrs ... to which is Added an Account of the Inquisition ... with the Lives of Some of the Early Eminent Reformers”, p.480
“Not on the outer world For inward joy depend; Enjoy the luxury of thought, Make thine own self friend; Not with the restless throng, In search of solace roam But with an independent zeal Be intimate at home.”

Source : Lydia Howard Sigourney (1860). “Gleanings”, p.208
“I'd prefer it if the coach said certain things to me face to face.”

Source : "'I'd stab myself with a sausage!' - French football quotes of 2011" by Tom Williams, www.theguardian.com. December 21, 2011.
“So you have to be your own teacher and your own disciple, and there is no teacher outside, no saviour, no master; you yourself have to change, and therefore you have to learn to observe, to know yourself. This learning about yourself is a fascinating and joyous business.”
“A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee, which is a great mistake in principle. When the word 'containment' was used in my 'X' article, it was used with relation to a certain situation then prevailing, and as a response to it.”
“You have to really enjoy (being sexy). Not fake anything. Sexy is being in the moment, whether that means being coy or coming on hard. Faking is always lame and it never comes across the way you want it to.”
“What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.”
“I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.”

Source : Amy Hempel (2006). “The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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