"For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse."

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Source : Samuel Richardson (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Richardson (Illustrated)”, p.6833, Delphi Classics

Samuel Richardson

#Integrity Quotes #Stay Positive Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I don't even like parties.”
“I hope that every [person] at one point in their life has the opportunity to have something that is at the heart of their being, something so central to their being that if they lose it they won't feel they're human anymore, to be proved wrong because that's the liberation that science provides. The realization that to assume the truth, to assume the answer before you ask the questions leads you nowhere.”
“If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this supernatural reality that is greater? Is it true that we fight not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers? Every young person wants to know.”
“Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can descend, even with all that spiritual background! The higher the pinnacle of blessing, authority, and publicity he has attained by grace, the deeper and more staggering can be his collapse. There is never a day in any man's life but that he is dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing.”
“Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details.”
“Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?”
“The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home.”
“The sobbing wind is fierce and strong; its cry is like a human wail.”

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