“In every sound convert the judgment is brought to approve of the laws and ways of Christ, and subscribe to them as most righteous and reasonable; the desire of the heart is to know the whole mind of Christ; the free and resolved choice of the heart is determined for the ways of Christ, before all the pleasures of sin, and prosperities of the world; it is the daily care of his life to walk with God.” KnowsWorldWayMindHeartWholeCareLawDesireChoicesSoundChristSinWalksPleasureJudgmentProsperityDeterminedReasonableRighteousWalking With God Author:Joseph Alleine
“I despair of ever receiving the same degree of pleasure from the most exalted performances of genius which I felt in childhood from pieces which my present judgment regards as trifling and contemptible.” RomanceFeltPleasurePiecesChildhoodGeniusDespairDegreesJudgmentPerformancesRegardReceivingExaltedTrifling Author:Edmund Burke
“When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .” ReasonDesirePleasureInspireJudgmentRejected Author:Socrates
“Do mortal fools still measure the increments leading to their deaths, wagering pleasures against costs, persisting in the delusion that deeds have value, that the world and all the gods sit in judgment over every decision made or not made?” WorldMadeStillsValuesDecisionPleasureFoolCostJudgmentDeedsMortalsDelusionDecisions Made Author:Steven Erikson