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“Folly is as great as the sea, it will compass anything.”

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Bolesław Prus was a Polish journalist and writer known for his profound social criticism and realistic literature. His works extensively covered political, social, and moral issues, leaving a profound impact on posterity. more

“Amid the stirring and manifold activities of the age in which we live, to be neutral in the strife is to rank with the enemies of the Saviour. There is no greater foe to the spread of His cause in the world than the placid indifferentism which is too honorable to betray, while it is too careless or too cowardly to join Him.”

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Book:Biographical and Historical Lectures: Comprising: The Prophet of Horeb, John Bunyan; Macaulay; Wilberforce; The Huguenots

Source: Biographical and Historical Lectures: Comprising: The Prophet of Horeb, John Bunyan; Macaulay; Wilberforce; The Huguenots

“The gospel proceeds on the basis of universal depravity; the gospel assimilates all varieties of human nature into one common experience of guilt and need and helplessness; and this is just what you do not like about it.”

Needs Humans Common Human Nature Universal Bases Guilt Variety Helplessness Depravity Common Experience

Author:William Morley Punshon

“And so the blasts of calumny, howl they ever so fiercely over the good man's head, contribute to his juster appreciation and to his wider fame. Preserve only a good conscience toward God, and a loving purpose toward your fellow men, and you need not wince nor tremble, though the pack of the spaniel-hearted hounds snarl at your heels.”

Men Needs Purpose Fame Conscience Fellows Appreciation Preserves Good Man Heels Packs Fellow Man Hearted Blast Howl Hounds Calumny Wince Spaniels

Book:Lectures and Sermons

Source: Lectures and Sermons

“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.”

Inspirational Art Dream Artist Education Creativity Painting Achievement Paint Painter Art And Artists Inspirational Artist Artists And Creativity Creating Art Painting Art Painting And Art

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“Labor is the true alchemist that beats out in patient transmutation the baser metals into gold.”

Beats Labor Gold Patient Metals Alchemist Transmutation

Author:William Morley Punshon

“Surely there is a fitness in the institution of the Lord's Supper as a standing memorial by which the church at large may commemorate the grandest act, and by which the heart of each individual believer may be reminded of his dearest friend. You, who have learned to love the Saviour, will prize His ordinance for the Saviour's sake. You who rejoice in the salvation purchased by His dying, will not fail with gratitude and faith to show the Lord's death until He come.”

“Young men, you who have any piety at all, what sort is it? Is it a hot-house plant, which must be framed and glassed, lest March, that bold young fellow, should shake the life out.of it in his rough play among the flowers? or is it a hardy shrub, which rejoices when the wild winds course along the heather or howl above the crest of Lebanon ' We need, believe me, the bravery of godliness to bear true witness for our Master now.”

Source: Lectures and Sermons

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