“Whatever is placed beyond the reach of sense and knowledge, whatever is imperfectly discerned, the fancy pieces out at its leisure; and all but the present moment, but the present spot, passion claims for its own, and brooding over it with wings outspread, stamps it with an image of itself. Passion is lord of infinite space, and distant objects please because they border on its confines and are moulded by its touch.” MomentsPassionSpaceLordPiecesObjectsPleaseClaimsInfiniteWingsSpotsBordersFancyOver ItPresent MomentLeisureStampsBroodingInfinite Space Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“Confidence always pleases those who receive it. It is a tribute we pay to their merit, a deposit we commit to their trust, a pledge that gives them a claim upon us, a kind of dependence to which we voluntarily submit.” GivingKindPayConfidencePleaseClaimsCommitMeritSubmitDependencePledgeTributeDeposits Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“I am more than willing to be judged by the people you claim to represent. I will let them decide what price I should pay. But please do not sit up there with that smug look on your face and expect me to regret the decisions I have made. Because, sir, the truth is I don't.” PeopleShouldLooksMadeFacesDecisionPayWillingRegretPleaseTruth IsClaimsYour FaceJudged Author:Jack Bauer
“As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn't running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.” IfsFirstsHumansDoeRunningUniverseOur LivesPridePleaseClaimsAugustine Author:Dallas Willard
“I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.” CausesLibertyJudgingPleaseClaimsCanadaReservesInterfere Author:Wilfrid Laurier
“Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real state of our fellowship, of our sanctification. What may appear weak and trifling to us may be great and glorious to God. Just as the Christian should not be constantly feeling his spiritual pulse, so, too, the Christian community has not been given to us by God for us to be constantly taking its temperature.” KnowsShouldMayRealStatesFeelingsChristianSpiritualGivenGrowsCommunityPleaseWeakClaimsIncreaseGloriousDay To DayGod KnowsFellowshipTemperaturePulseGift From GodSanctificationTriflingChristian CommunityOnly God Knows Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“You go first. Go through the door before me. Enter the limousine while I wait by your side. Enter the shops while I stand behind, guarding your back. Sit at the table before me. Please, sample the tastiest morsels while I sit quietly. My desire is that you go first, in every occasion of earthly life. Only once will I go before you, And that will be at my last moment. For when death claims us, you must go last. Because I can't live one second without you.” FirstsI CanMomentsLastsDesireWaitingSidesBehindsDoorsPleaseClaimsTablesOccasionsShopsWithout YouBecause I CanYour SideSampleGuardingLimousinesEvery Occasion Author:Jean Sasson
“To be "in Christ" is to place one's trust in Him for salvation from sin. To be "in Christ" is to trust His goodness, not our own; to trust that His sacrificial death on the cross paid the complete debt of death we owe for our sin; to trust that His resurrection gives us eternal life instead of relying upon our own ability to please God. To be "in Christ" is to claim, by faith, the free gift of salvation. To be "in Christ" is to enjoy a completely restored relationship with our Father in heaven by virtue of His Son's righteous standing.” GivingFatherHeavenEnjoyChristSinAbilityVirtueSonPleaseGoodnessEternalStandingCrossesClaimsPaidSalvationDebtResurrectionRighteousOur FatherEternal LifeFather In HeavenFree Gifts Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“If I have put the case of science at all correctly, the reader will have recognised that modern science does much more than demand that it shall be left in undisturbed possession of what the theologian and metaphysician please to term its 'legitimate field'. It claims that the whole range of phenomena, mental as well as physical-the entire universe-is its field. It asserts that the scientific method is the sole gateway to the whole region of knowledge.” IfsWellsDoeWholeScienceUniverseLeftTermKnowledgeCasesModernFieldsReaderPleaseDemandClaimsMethodPossessionRangeRegionsSoleTheologianScientific MethodModern ScienceGateways Book:The Grammar of Science Source: The Grammar of Science
“Our generation grew up with the Review as a fact of life. It was America’s literary magazine. To our minds, it still is. It has launched our favorite writers. It has made a special claim for the quarterly as such, being both timely and lasting, free of the news of the day or the pressure to please a crowd. Most of all, the Review has shown, repeatedly, that works of imagination can be as stylish and urgent as the flashiest feature reporting, and can do more to refocus our picture of the world.” WorldMindMadeStillsFactsAmericaCan DoImaginationGenerationsSpecialGrewPleaseGrew UpNewsClaimsPressureCrowdsMagazinesFeaturesLastingReviewsUrgentFacts Of LifeOur GenerationTimelyStylishRefocus Author:Lorin Stein