“Not a sorrow, not a burden, not a temptation, not a bereavement, not a disappointment, not a care, not a groan or tear, but has its antidote in God's rich and inexhaustible resources.” GodCareRichTearsSorrowResourcesDisappointmentBurdenTemptationBereavementAntidote Author:George C. Lorimer
“We must now surrender to the obligation to understand and to care. We must surrender ourselves to becoming conscious, thinking members of the human race. We must put down the temptation to powerlessness and surrender to the questions of the moment.” ThinkingHumansMomentsCareRaceKnowledgeBecomingMembersConsciousSurrenderObligationTemptationHuman RacePowerlessness Author:Joan D. Chittister
“A world of little cares is continually arising, which busy or affluent life knows nothing of, to open the first door to distress. Hunger is not among the postponable wants; and a day, even a few hours, in such a condition is often the crisis of a life of ruin.” KnowsWorldWantFirstsLittlesCareHoursDoorsConditionsCrisisBusyHungerTemptationRuinsDistressAffluent Author:Thomas Paine
“The elegance of dress, of motion, and of manners gives a lustre to beauty, and inflames the senses through the imagination. Luxurious entertainments, midnight dances, and licentious spectacles, present at once temptation and opportunity to female frailty. From such dangers the unpolished wives of the barbarians were secured by poverty, solitude, and the painful cares of a domestic life.” GivingCareOpportunityImaginationPovertyHistoryWifeDangerSolitudeFemaleDressesPainfulEntertainmentSensesTemptationMannersMidnightEleganceBarbariansRoman EmpireFrailtySecuredSpectaclesLuxuriousDomestic Life Book:The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith Source: The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith