“The best Armour of Old Age is a well spent life preceding it; a Life employed in the Pursuit of useful Knowledge, in honourable Actions and the Practice of Virtue; in which he who labours to improve himself from his Youth, will in Age reap the happiest Fruits of them; not only because these never leave a Man, not even in the extremest Old Age; but because a Conscience bearing Witness that our Life was well-spent, together with the Remembrance of past good Actions, yields an unspeakable Comfort to the Soul” MenWellsSoulAgeActionTogetherPastPracticeVirtueOur LivesYouthComfortConscienceFruitPursuitOld AgeWitnessLabourYieldRemembranceEmployedReapUnspeakableArmourGood ActionsBearing WitnessUseful Knowledge Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“...to the glory of His name let me witness that in far away lands, in loneliness (deepest sometimes when it seems least so), in times of downheartedness and tiredness and sadness, always always He is near. He does comfort, if we let Him. Perhaps someone as weak and good-for-nothing as even I am may read this. Don't be afraid! Through all circumstances, outside, inside, He can keep me close.” IfsMayDoeSometimesInspirationSeemsNamesSadnessLandLonelinessCircumstancesComfortGloryWeakLet MeWitnessFar AwayTiredness Author:Amy Carmichael
“And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers - shriveled now, and brown and flat and brittle - to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of men.” MenMindHeartStillsTwoWhiteGoneStrangeFlowerGratitudeComfortWitnessBrownFlatsMutualTendernessTime MachineWhite Flowers Book:The Time Machine (Sparklesoup Classics) Source: The Time Machine (Sparklesoup Classics)
“Dear Heavenly Father, I have a friend who stands as close as a brother, a brave soul. I have seen in him the heart of a warrior... He is gallant, loyal, and true, sacrificing his esteem, forfeiting his comfort, even spilling his blood. But, what color is his soul? My friend has a desperate need, and I have seen it. How can I be his accuser, condemning the one who has gladly poured out his blood in my stead? But shall I deny my witness? There is a darkness, a gnawing void behind those eyes of steel... Will you make him a knight, dressed in holy raiment, fit to take a seat at your table?” NeedsHeartSoulEyeFatherBehindsDarknessSacrificeBloodColorBrotherFitHolyComfortMy FriendsTablesBraveDearDenyEsteemWarriorWitnessDesperateSeatsHeavenlyVoidLoyalSteelKnightsHeavenly FatherCondemningGallantSpillingAccusersBrave Souls Author:Bryan Davis