“In all the events of life, we ought still to preserve our scepticism. If we believe that fire warms, or water refreshes, it is only because it costs us too much pains to think otherwise.” IfsThinkingBelieveStillsPainWaterFireToo MuchEventsOughtCostPreservesScepticism Author:David Hume
“Don't miss God's fingerprints all over the events, lining up people and circumstances in perfect timing to preserve His people and advance His agenda.” PeoplePerfectMissingEventsCircumstancesPreservesAgendasTimingFingerprintsLining UpPerfect Timing Book:Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard Source: Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard
“To write it down was to put the finishing touch on any event, see what it was, what it meant, what it stood for. To put anything into words was like pouring melted wax on top of cold glasses of jelly, to harden there and preserve and keep what was underneath like new.” WritingEventsColdGlassesPreservesFinishingPouringJellyFinishing Touches Author:Ardyth Kennelly
“Like twentieth-century Iran, the remnant of the Persian Empire, Ethiopia under Haile Selassie attempted to preserve the absolutist state throught an accommodation with modernizing forces in his own terms without completely subduing traditionalists. This was not a strategy of Haile Selassie's own choosing. Instead, he was overtaken by events and forced to deal with contradictions that were from the very beginning too formidable to be managed in the long term.” LongStatesForceTermDealsCenturyEventsStrategyPreservesLong TermContradictionEmpiresIranTwentieth CenturyFormidablePersianRemnantsAccommodationsEthiopia Author:Haile Selassie