“It is right for you, young men, to enrich yourselves with the spoils of all pure literature; but he who would make a favorite of a bad book, simply because it contains a few beautiful passages, might as well caress the hand of an assassin because of the jewelry which sparkles on his fingers.” MenWellsBookHandsMightBeautifulYoungLiteraturePureFingersYoung ManPassagesSpoilJewelryAssassinsSparkleCaress Author:Joseph Parker
“The truly religious man does everything as if everything depends on himself, and then leaves everything as if everything depended on God.” IfsMenDoeReligiousDepends Author:Joseph Parker
“No true manhood can be trained by a merely intellectual process. You cannot train men by the intellect alone; you must train them by the heart.” MenHeartProcessIntellectualTrainIntellectManhoodTrue Man Book:Detached links, extracts from the writings and discourses of J. Parker, compiled by J. Lucas Source: Detached links, extracts from the writings and discourses of J. Parker, compiled by J. Lucas
“The man whose little sermon is ‘repent’ sets himself against his age, and will for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone he challenges. There is but one end for such a man—‘off with his head!’ You had better not try to preach repentance until you have pledged your head to heaven” MenTryingLittlesEndsAgeHeavenChallengesMoralHe ManToneRepentanceRepentSermonsBattered Author:Joseph Parker
“The first step in understanding the sex industry is to understand the customers, the johns. ... These men have already violated moral standards - and they know it. Talking about right and wrong aren't compelling arguments for them. They are criminals who have chosen to break the law and hurt people, many of them young people.” PeopleKnowsMenFirstsLawYoungSexUnderstandingHurtTalkingMoralStepsBreakIndustryStandardsArgumentCustomersCriminalsChosenFirst StepsCompelling Author:Joseph Parker
“Everywhere I find the signature, the autograph of God, and he will never deny his own handwriting. God has set his tabernacle in the dewdrop as surely as in the sun. No man can any more create the smallest flower than he could create the greatest world.” MenWorldWritingSunFlowerDenySmallestSignaturesAutographsHandwriting Author:Joseph Parker
