"Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will."

--

Samuel Rutherford

#Idols Quotes #Evil Quotes #Indulge Quotes

“Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.”

Source : Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1937). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913”, p.5, Library of Alexandria
“Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.”
“There is no wrinkle-free life.”
“Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of gratitude. I now allow this gratitude to fill my heart, my body, my mind, my consciousness, my very being. This gratitude radiates out from me in all directions, touching everything in my world, and returns to me as more to be grateful for. The more gratitude I feel, the more I am aware that the supply is endless.”
“I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days.”
“In what a delightful communion with God does that man live who habitually seeketh love! With the same mantle thrown over him from the cross - with the same act of amnesty, by which we hope to be saved - injuries the most provoked, and transgressions the most aggravated, are covered in eternal forgetfulness.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 252), 1895.
“In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material, and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.”

Source : "Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America" by Daniel Ellsberg, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2013.
“Give me a window and I'll stare out it.”

You may also like: