"A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow as well as himself - and what is a man's shadow but his upright astonishment?"

-- Djuna Barnes

#Men Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Wells Quotes

“... the basic principles of the military services are unchangeable. Courage and candor, obedience and comradeship, love of fatherland and loyalty to the State: these are ever the distinguishing characteristics of the soldier and sailor. Building character through intelligent training and education is always the first and greatest goal.”

Source : Erich Raeder (1960). “My Life”
“Judeo-Christian revelation is not the negative influence secularists proclaim it to be. Rather, it is the taproot of our civilization.”
“Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.”
“The miracle drugs (neuroleptics) cause the worst plague of brain damage in medical history.”
“God's love is his holiness reaching out to sinners; grace is but the price that his love pays to his holiness; the cross is but its victory over sin and death; and faith is but the way in which we bring our worship to him who is holy.”
“What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.”
“If we comprehend what Christ has done for us, then surely out of gratitude we will strive to live 'worthy' of such great love. We will strive for holiness not to make God love us but because He already does.”

Source : Philip Yancey (2003). “What's So Amazing about Grace?”, p.112, HarperCollins Christian Publishing
“I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding.”

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