“Through the plan of prayer, God actually is inviting redeemed man into full partnership with Him; not in making the divine decisions, but in implementing those decisions in the affairs of humankind. Independently and of His own will, God makes the decisions governing the affairs of earth. The responsibility and authority for the enforcement and administration of those decisions, He has place upon the shoulders of the church.” MenEarthChurchPrayerDecisionResponsibilityPlansDivineAuthorityAffairShouldersAdministrationHumankindPartnershipEnforcementGoverningInvitingRedeemedImplementing Author:Paul Billheimer
“Nature is not evil. The world occasionally shrugs its shoulders, and people get knocked off. The earth, for geological reasons that are well known, is a fairly risky place to live. To be evil, you have to have intent. Any remarkable natural happening in which no human will is employed cannot be regarded as evil.” PeopleWorldHumansWellsReasonEarthEvilNaturalKnownHappeningsShouldersRemarkableWell KnownEmployedPlaces To LiveHuman Will Author:Simon Winchester
“So I just let go with one hand, and just sort of swung around, looked at the Earth below and the black space above and the sun over my shoulder. And, I mean, it was this incredible, spectacular view.” MeanHandsEarthBlackSpaceViewsSunLetting GoIncrediblesShouldersSpectacularJust Let Go Author:Rusty Schweickart
“For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging you for consolation and relief, by forbidding all the virtues that make existence possible, then riding on the shoulders of your guilt, by declaring production and joy to be sins, then collecting blackmail from the sinners.” RunningEarthJoySpiritReligionSinExistenceVirtueCenturyGuiltProductionsProtectionShouldersReliefSinnerRidingConsolationUnbearableCollectingDeclaringRacketChargingBlackmail Book:For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition) Source: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)
“Then shoulder to shoulder! Let us engirdle the little circle of the earth with the chains that bind us to each other. To one end let us aim our thoughts, and to one end let us aim our souls. Hail, dawn of liberty, behind thee is the redeeming sun.” LittlesSoulEndsEarthBehindsLibertySunAimCirclesShouldersChainsTheeDawnOur ThoughtsHailRedeemingChains That Bind Author:Adam Mickiewicz