Sunday, May 5, 2013

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)



Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs (Source). Added 5/5/2013


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Monday, April 15, 2013

Fred Rogers (1928-2003)



When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." (Source) Added 4/15/2013

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)



I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision
(Source |As quoted in Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1972) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 5).-Added 4/7/2013


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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Francois Mauriac (1885-1970)



To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others (Source). Added 4/2/2013


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Sunday, March 31, 2013

John Piper (b. 1946)



God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him (Source). Added 3/31/2013 Easter



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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Pablo Naruda (1904-1973)


You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming (Source). --Added March 24, 2013


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Thursday, March 7, 2013

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)


C.S. Lewis

 
Featured Quotes

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world (Source). Added 3/7/2012

Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy ( Source- Mere Christianity). Added 12/2/2012

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us (Source). Added 11/25/2012

Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose (Source--The Four Loves). Added 11/16/2012

Christianity, if false, if of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important (Source). Added 2/1/2012

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you (Source). Added 9/1/2011

The more often a person feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act (Source). Added 8/18/2011

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