"Logic has its use and metaphysics has its use, but neither of them is of much help in the making of a creed."

-- Thomas De Witt Talmage

#Use Quotes #Doctrine Quotes #Logic Quotes

“Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.”
“The people of this country desperately need to engage in an open and honest debate about mental health.”

Source : "U.S. surgeon-general focuses on suicide, mental health". www.cnn.com. April 17, 1998.
“The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.”
“I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.”

Source : "The Recognitions". Book by William Gaddis, "Anselm", p. 457, 1955.
“Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.”
“I was 3 years old, and we had a very rich neighbor in Berlin who drove a Mercedes sports car. I remember standing behind this car, admiring the trunk, how nicely shaped it was, for an hour. That shape has never left me - I could design it today!”
“I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Spiritual character is only made by standing loyal to God's character, no matter what distress the trial of faith brings. The distress and agony the prophets experienced was the agony of believing God when everything that was happening contradicted what they proclaimed Him to be; there was nothing to prove that God was just and true, but everything to prove the opposite.”

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