"Blessed the one who has kept the mastery of his eyelids and has not deceived himself with either mind or sense with regard to the skin of the flesh that after a little while oozes putrefaction."

-- Ephrem the Syrian

#Blessed Quotes #Mind Quotes #Skins Quotes

“The reason why the simpler sort are moved by authority is the consciousness of their own ignorance”
“You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.”

Source : Nancy Kress (2009). “Steal Across the Sky”, p.12, Macmillan
“What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory.”

Source : Joseph Hall (1837). “Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings”, p.11
“The good man has his enemies. He would not be like His Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for friendship of the world is enmity to God.”
“It's a man's business to be what he is, and to be it in style.”
“There are seminars that teach us how to cope with depression, sickness and relationship break down. But God wants us to overcome.”
“Being carefree, you can fit in anywhere. If youâ€™re not carefree you keep on bumping up against things. Your life becomes so narrow, so tight; it gets very claustrophobic. Carefree means being wide open from within, not constricted. Carefree doesnâ€™t mean careless. It is not that you donâ€™t care about others, not that you donâ€™t have compassion or are unfriendly. Carefree is being really simple, from the inside. Dignity is not conceit but rather what shines forth from this carefree confidence.”
“Pacifism simply is not a matter of calm looking on; it is work, hard work.”

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