A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.—Thomas Paine
​
You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.—Ralph Waldo Emerson

A drop of ink may make a million think.—George Gordon Byron
​
The only book that should ever be written is one that flows up from the heart, forced out by the inward pressure.—A.W. Tozer in God’s Pursuit of Man

Utter not a word by which anyone could be wounded.—Hindu Proverb

Moral worth, then, depends not on the final purpose of a course of action but on the “maxim” or ethical principle we’ve used to determine what to do. —Rushworth M. Kidder in How Good People Make Tough Choices
            
​If there is nothing worth dying for—in this sense—there is nothing worth living for . . . —Obituary of John Alexander Hottell III

If worship does not change us, it has not been worship.  To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change.  Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter His gracious light.--Richard J. Foster in Celebration of Discipline

Worries have faded away like ugly clouds and my soul rests in the sunshine of perpetual peace.  I can lie down anywhere in this universe bathed around by my own Father’s Spirit.--Brother Lawrence & Frank Laubach in Practicing His Presence

A person’s worldview can be understood as the lens through which he/she views the grand stage of human existence. It is an individual’s personal life philosophy used to make meaning out of experiences and to provide direction and purpose in life. This complex cognitive framework determines what one attends to, how one interprests information and events, and knowledge and experience one seeks out, and how one behaves. Not static, but dynamic, a person’s worldview actually influences every aspect of his/her current life and future goals. Thus, a persons’ worldview is the foundation upon which the development of the human spirit rests.
      This cognitive framework contains at any point in time an individual’s collection of knowledge and assumptions about how the world operates; truths about the world based on learning and experiences; a system for determining truth and meaning; values and beliefs that one should live by; a vision of a life rendered worth living by making a meaningful contribution; reflections on one’s mortality; and beliefs about what comes after death.  Individuals continuously refine and develop their worldviews through the acquisition of new knowledge, reflection on their own and others’ experiences, introspection concerning their values, beliefs, and meaning-making systems, and discussing with others topics about their human essence.—Patrick J. Sweeney, Sean T. Hannah and Don M. Snider “The Domain of the Human Spirit in The Warrior’s Character

And those good works, in which you have been so ready to trust, will not more vindicate you in his awful presence, than a man’s kindness to his poor neighbours would be allowed as a plea in arrest of judgment, when he stood convicted of high treason against his prince.—P. Doddridge in Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul
​
There is no passage of Scripture that claims works can prove salvation.—Dr. Charles Bing in Simply by Grace: An Introduction to God’s Life-Changing Gift

God does not regard the greatness of the work but the love with which it is performed.--Brother Lawrence & Frank Laubach in Practicing His Presence

In a more exhaustive study, a psychologist analyzed 558 emotion words—every one that he could find in the English language—and found that 62 percent of them were negative versus 38 percent positive.—Chip Heath & Dan Heath in Switch

There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.—Will Rogers

The main thing that makes a woman beautiful is knowing that she is loved.—Stormie Omartian in The Power of a Praying Husband

As long as we think we can save ourselves by our own will power, we will only make the evil in us stronger than ever.—Heini Arnold         
            
Willpower has never succeeded in dealing with the deeply ingrained habits of sin.—Richard J. Foster in Celebration of Discipline

Willpower has no defense against the careless word, the unguarded moment.  The will has the same deficiency as the law—it can deal only with externals.—Richard J. Foster in Celebration of Discipline