“Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a gain; for it lessens the likelihood of his conviction and conversion. I say you have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary [its most powerful weapon] when you have set aside the Law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to Christ . . . They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy Law. Therefore the Law serves a most necessary purpose, and it must not be removed from its place.” MenLightLawPurposeChristLossPowerfulAcceptingTakenGraceSeriousHolyWeaponsGainsGuiltConvictionConversionPerceiveSinnerMost PowerfulDeprivedLikelihoodPowerful Weapons Author:Charles Spurgeon
“Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.” TwoWarEndsSometimesLanguagePoorWatchesBreakTakenGroupsSocietyStrangeHolyCreaturesBehaviorEatingRiversEggsCommandmentsTribesMonkeysPotatoesHeresyWashingCrusadesDivingBewilderment Author:Arthur Koestler
“The Ancients, having taken into consideration the rigorous construction of the human body, elaborated all their works, as especially their holy temples, according to these proportions; for they found here the two principal figures without which no project is possible: the perfection of the circle, the principle of all regular bodies, and the equilateral square.” HumansTwoBodyFoundPrinciplesTakenFiguresHolyProjectsPerfectionCirclesProportionConsiderationTemplesSquaresConstructionPrincipalHuman Body Author:Luca Pacioli
“To support its conclusion that 'this is a religious people... this is a Christian nation,' the Court paraded a veritable litany of precedents from American history: taken from Church of the Holy Trinity v. U.S.; 143 U.S. 457-458 (1892).” PeopleChristianNationsChurchReligiousSupportTakenHolyCourtConclusionAmerican HistoryTrinityPrecedentChristian NationHoly Trinity Author:David Barton
“The Saviour and the Comforter, two Persons of the Godhead: the One ever saves from sins, and the Other comforts him who is saved. Their very names are taken from their deeds, and are always actually justified. He comforts! The Holy Spirit comforts the believing soul, as a mother comforts her child.” BelieveChildrenPersonsTwoSoulSpiritMotherNamesSinTakenHolyComfortDeedsSavedHoly SpiritJustifiedSaviourComforter Author:John of Kronstadt
“If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.” IfsShouldMayHas BeensCertainChurchTakenSubjectsIgnoranceHolyGoodnessCatholicConformitySay AnythingMaliceCatholic ChurchRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Book:Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila
“I was taken in the Spirit to the burning bush on Mount Horeb, Moses' "first ascension," and allowed to witness the encounter he had with the Lord there. Throughout the visitation, I was enabled to know and feel the thoughts and emotions of Moses' inner being. ... There was a Holy Narrator beside me who helped me understand what I saw and heard, and he made references to relevant passages of Scripture. There were other Biblical figures also present - Joshua, Samuel, David, and even the Lord Jesus were there.” KnowsFeelsFirstsMadeSpiritJesusEmotionLordTakenSawsHeardFiguresHolyScriptureWitnessBurningEncountersPassagesRelevantBiblicalMosesBeing ThereNarratorsAscensionThoughts And EmotionsVisitationBurning Bush Author:Bob Hartley
“Only the Holy Spirit can purify the intellect, for unless a greater power comes and overthrows the despoiler, what he has taken captive will never be set free (cf. Lk. 11:21-22). In every way, therefore, and especially through peace of soul, we must make ourselves a dwelling-place for the Holy Spirit.” WaySoulChristianSpiritTakenGreaterHolyIntellectHoly SpiritOrthodoxDwellingOrthodox ChristianCaptivesCfsGreater PowerDwelling PlacePeace Of Soul Author:Diadochos of Photiki
“If one attempts to achieve deity or to have the holy, he is thrown back; he is refused. His language is taken from him. He can no longer even communicate. That's the Tower of Babel.” IfsLanguageTakenAchieveHolyCommunicateThrownTowersDeitiesBabelTower Of Babel Author:Frank Moore Cross
“The copies of The Catcher In The Rye or To Kill A Mockingbird that I own look like they were printed yesterday, and there's not a nick, not a blur, there's not any fading on the jacket at all, because they were taken and protected. A limited edition, by nature, is limited, and also probably more protected because of that. I'd rather have a first trade edition than a special one of 25 that was made years later, even if it's signed by the author. The trade edition is the Holy Grail.” IfsYearsFirstsLooksMadeTakenSpecialHolyTradeYesterdayCopiesProtectedJacketsPrintedFadingBlurCatchersHoly GrailMockingbirdKill A MockingbirdSpecial OneLimited Edition Author:John Larroquette
“I went to India and was quite taken with it. There's a feeling there that things are holy first and useful second. And in America, we have it backwards.” FirstsFeelingsAmericaTakenHolyIndiaBackwards Author:Mary Oliver
“We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.” PeopleWorldFeelsStillsSeemsAbleTogetherYoungNextSilenceWatchesBreakTakenPerspectiveHolyPureWasteComfortablePerceptionDrawsLifetimeParadoxLost LoveSay AnythingSilence IsImpatientNotebookBrashNotebook LovePerception Of Others Author:Nicholas Sparks
“By faith we are taken into Christ, made at once safe from holy wrath against sin, and kept safe from all perils and penalties. He, our divine Redeemer, becomes to us the new sphere of harmony and unity with God and His law, with His life and His holiness.” MadeChristianLawFaithChristSinTakenDivineHolySafeHarmonyUnityHolinessSpheresPenaltiesWrathPerilRedeemer Author:Arthur Tappan Pierson
“We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn...for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together...this is the great paradox.” PeopleWorldTogetherSilenceWatchesTakenHolyPureMindfulnessDrawsLifetimeParadoxSilence Is Author:Nicholas Sparks