“That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves that wise and generous principle which actuated the first founders of civil government, an institution which hat its origin in the weakness of individuals, and hath for its end the strength and security of all; and so long as the means of effecting this important end are thoroughly known and religiously attended to government is one of the richest blessings to mankind, and ought to be held in the highest veneration” MenFirstsMeanLongImportantEndsReasonGovernmentLife IsIndividualSocialViewsKnownPrinciplesWiseMankindSecurityOughtBlessingHighestWeaknessInstitutionsObservationGenerousHatsPatrioticFoundersInquirySocial LifeVeneration Author:Joseph Warren
“Science contributes moral as well as material blessings to the world. Its great moral contribution is objectivity, or the scientific point of view. This means doubting everything except facts; it means hewing to the facts, let the chips fall where they may.” WorldWellsMayMeanFactsFallViewsMoralDoubtMaterialsBlessingPoint Of ViewContributionChipsObjectivityDoubting Everything Author:Aldo Leopold
“I have received your letter of the 6th, with the eloquent discourse delivered at the consecration of the Jewish Synagogue. Having ever regarded the freedom of religious opinions and worship as equally belonging to every sect, and the secure enjoyment of it as the best human provision for bringing all either into the same way of thinking, or into that mutual charity which is the only substitute, I observe with pleasure the view you give of the spirit in which your sect partake of the blessings offered by our Government and laws.” ThinkingWayGivingHumansGovernmentLawSpiritReligiousPleasureViewsOpinionAtheismBlessingWorshipLettersCharityPositive AtheismSecureEnjoymentMutualBelongingSubstitutesDiscourseWay Of ThinkingProvisionEloquentSectsSynagogueConsecration Book:1816-1828 Source: 1816-1828
“Should pain and suffering, sorrow, and grief, rise up like clouds and overshadow for a time the Sun of Righteousness and hide Him from your view, do not be dismayed, for in the end this cloud of woe will descend in showers of blessing on your head, and the Sun of Righteousness rise upon you to set no more forever.” ShouldEndsChristianPainSufferingViewsGriefSunForeverSorrowBlessingCloudsRighteousnessShowersAfflictionWoePain And SufferingDismayed Author:Sadhu Sundar Singh
“Our heavenly Father is more liberal in His views, and boundless in His mercies and blessings, than we are ready to believe or receive; and at the same time more terrible to the workers of iniquity, more awful in the executions of His punishments, and more ready to detect in every false way, than we are apt to suppose Him to be.” WayBelieveFatherViewsReadyTerribleBlessingMercyWorkersPunishmentAwfulHeavenlyExecutionBoundlessHeavenly FatherIniquity Author:Sam Smith
“All this is a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because it helps people establish what they value; they understand the sort of ideas they identify with. The curse is that they aren't challenged in their views. The Internet becomes an echo chamber. Users don't see the counterarguments.” PeopleIdeasHelpingValuesViewsInternetBlessingCurseUsersEchoesChamberCounterarguments Author:Edward Snowden
“It is Christ's atonement that makes it possible for us to be forgiven of our sins and His resurrection that gives us the assurance of immortality and the life to come. It is that life to come that orients our views in mortality and reinforces our determination to live the laws of God so that we can qualify for His blessings in immortality.” GivingLawChristSinViewsBlessingDeterminationImmortalityMortalityResurrectionForgivenAssuranceAtonement Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“Well, what is a blessing but a curse from another point of view?” WellsViewsBlessingPoint Of ViewCurse Author:Lois McMaster Bujold
“Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.” KnowsSelfCharacterForceViewsHonestJudgingCallingBlessingStandardsMy FriendsStriveBurdenCurseHeightSincereLamentUnattainableMisperception Author:R. A. Salvatore
“In thinking about His many blessings, you view God's work from a new perspective.” ThinkingViewsPerspectiveBlessingNew PerspectiveBlessing YouMany Blessings Author:Charles Stanley