“The patient endurance of the saints exhausts the evil power that attacks them, since it makes them glory in sufferings undergone for the sake of the truth. It teaches those too much concerned with a life in the flesh to deepen themselves through such sufferings instead of pursuing ease and comfort; and it makes the flesh's natural weakness in the endurance of suffering a foundation for overwhelming spiritual power. For the natural weakness of the saints is precisely such a foundation, since the Lord has made their weakness stronger than the proud devil.” MadeChristianSpiritualSufferingEvilNaturalLordTeachToo MuchProudComfortGloryWeaknessDevilConcernedStrongerFoundationPatientSakeSaintFleshEaseEnduranceOrthodoxOverwhelmingOrthodox ChristianSpiritual Power Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Both religion and natural science require a belief in God for their activities, to the former He is the starting point, and to the latter the goal of every thought process. To the former He is the foundation, to the latter, the crown of the edifice of every generalized world view.” WorldGodScienceBeliefProcessGoalNaturalViewsActivityFoundationStartingFormerLatterCrownsStarting PointBelief In GodWorld ViewNatural ScienceEdificeThought Process Book:Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers Source: Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers
“The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same time it is prepared to infringe any or all of these in the interest of self-preservation.” SelfStatesLawInterestNaturalExistenceModernMoralityFoundationPreparedAppealsPreservationIdeologicalNatural LawSelf Preservation Book:Diary of a Bad Year Source: Diary of a Bad Year
“Therefore the dignity of the human person normally demands the right to the use of earthly goods as the natural foundation for a livelihood; and to that right corresponds the fundamental obligation to grant private property, as far as possible, to all.” HumansPersonsUsePoliticsNaturalEconomyDemandDignityFoundationFundamentalsPropertyObligationLiberalismGoodsGrantsPrivate PropertyLivelihood Author:Pope Pius XI
“You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.” GivingMindSchoolBeliefCan DoNaturalCollegeDadHigh SchoolBuiltDeterminationFoundationMy DadCreditMindsetDuesSpeedCoaches Author:Robert Griffin III
“Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future.” ImportantNaturalResourcesFoundationMetalsReservesNatural ResourcesPetroleumPrecious Metal Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“Natural knowledge, seeking to satisfy natural wants, has found the ideas which can alone still spiritual cravings. I say that natural knowledge, in desiring to ascertain the laws of comfort, has been driven to discover those of conduct, and to lay the foundations of a new morality.” WantHas BeensStillsIdeasSpiritualLawScienceFoundNaturalMoralityComfortFoundationLaysSeekingDrivenCraving Book:Huxley's Autobiography and Essays Source: Huxley's Autobiography and Essays
“Scientific wealth tends to accumulate according to the law of compound interest. Every addition to knowledge of the properties of matter supplies the physical scientist with new instrumental means for discovering and interpreting phenomena of nature, which in their turn afford foundations of fresh generalisations, bringing gains of permanent value into the great storehouse of natural philosophy.” MeanMatterPhilosophyLawValuesTurnsInterestNaturalWealthGainsScientistFoundationPropertyPermanentPhenomenonDiscoveringAccumulationSuppliesCompoundsInterpretingGeneralizationCompound InterestNatural PhilosophyGeneralisationProperties Of Matter Author:Lord Kelvin