“As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is, and what he teaches, insofar as taking for granted our own caricatures of him. Let it boil in both mind and heart the question, 'If Jesus were to appear today, how many of us would actually recognize him and his teachings (or would it simply be a recount of his first visit)?” IfsMindFirstsHeartTodayJesusChristTeachTeachingVictimCarefulGrantedFollowersBe CarefulHeart And MindCaricatures Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.” WorldFirstsStillsPastDiesStrongFateWorstVictimLeavingDeedsCurseHopelessPrime Book:Selected Poetry of Ebenezer Elliott Source: Selected Poetry of Ebenezer Elliott
“When I observe myself and find that I am generating anger, ill will, or animosity, I realize that I am the first victim of the hatred or animosity I am generating within myself. Only afterwards do I start harming others. And if I am free from these negativities, nature or God Almighty starts rewarding me: I feel so peaceful.” IfsFeelsFirstsRealizingHatredVictimIllPeacefulNegativityAlmightyAnimosityIll WillHarming Others Author:S. N. Goenka
“Alarmed successively by every fashionable medical terror of the day, she dosed her children with every specific which was publicly advertised or privately recommended...The consequence was, that the dangers, which had at first been imaginary, became real: these little victims of domestic medicine never had a day's health: they looked, and were, more dead than alive.” FirstsChildrenLittlesRealAliveDangerConsequenceVictimMedicineTerrorMedicalImaginaryFashionable Author:Maria Edgeworth