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“A mortician can make a dead man look better than he ever did when he was alive. So churches like Sardis may appear very much alive when they are dead in the sight of the Lord. God knows the difference.”

Knows Men Looks May Christian Differences Church Lord Alive Sight Christian Inspirational God Knows Dead Man Lord God Morticians

Author:Vance Havner

“A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation he may be in, he always knows what he must say and do. He may fall, but he cannot bring shame upon himself or his cause. If we seek the liberation of the people by means of a lie, we will surely grow confused, go astray, and loose sight of our objective, and if we have any influence at all on the people we will lead them astray as well - in other words, we will be acting in the spirit of reaction and to its benefit.”

People Ifs Knows Wells May Mean Persons Spirit Lying Fall Speak Strong Grows Causes Acting Situation Influence Benefits Sight Shame Conviction Reactions Objectives Liberation Confused

Author:Mikhail Bakunin

“For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance.”

Ifs May Loses Lines Study Military Balance Approach Aspect Sight Strategy Resistance Psychological Appeals Opponents Indirect Obviousness

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. It is the far sight, the quiet and confident patience, that, above all other attributes, separate man from man, and near him to his Maker; and there is no action nor art, whose majesty we may not measure by this test.”

Men Humans May Art Action Grace Honor Future Quiet Gains Tests Sight Regard Makers Attributes Majesty Magnificence Human Actions

Book:The seven lamps of architecture

Source: The seven lamps of architecture

“Keep out of the Sight of Feasts and Banquets as much as may be; for 'tis more difficult to refrain good Cheer, when it's present, than from the Desire of it when it is away; the like you may observe in the Objects of all the other Senses.”

May Desire Difficult Objects Like You Sight Senses Cheer Cheerfulness Refrain Banquets Good Cheer

Book:Poor Richard's Almanack

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack

“Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears: Pause where we may upon the desert road, Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.”

Years May Safe Waste Sight Sacred Green Desert Islands Shelter Pauses Abode Isle

Book:The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another]

Source: The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another]

“Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental health, power, and pleasure.”

Men May Art Pleasure Sight Mental Health Raised Architecture Edifice

Book:The seven lamps of architecture

Source: The seven lamps of architecture

“Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of what is officially taught and generally accepted, is less and less likely to thrive. It is, we repeat, by far easier to enslave a literate people than an illiterate one, strange as this may seem at first sight. And the enslavement is more likely to be lasting.”

Source: The Lightning and the Sun

“Yes, my dear children, everything is good and precious in God's sight when we act from the motives of religion and of charity because Jesus Christ tells us that a glass of water would not go unrewarded. You see, therefore, my children, that although we may be quite poor, we can still easily give alms.”

Giving May Children Stills Jesus Christ Water Poor Jesus Christ Sight Charity Dear Glasses My Children Motive Alms

Author:John Vianney

“If I may throw out a word of counsel to beginners, it is: Treasure your exceptions! When there are none, the work gets so dull that no one cares to carry it further. Keep them always uncovered and in sight. Exceptions are like the rough brickwork of a growing building which tells that there is more to come and shows where the next construction is to be.”

Ifs May Shows Care Next Growing Building Sight Treasure Dull Exception Rough Construction Beginners No One Cares

Book:William Bateson, F. R. S., Naturalist: His Essays & Addresses, Together with a Short Account of His Life

Source: William Bateson, F. R. S., Naturalist: His Essays & Addresses, Together with a Short Account of His Life