“Thinking in terms of two realms understands the paired concepts worldy-Christia n, natural-superna tural, profane-sacred, rational-revela tions, as ultimate static opposites...and fails to recognize the original unity of these opposites in the Christ-reality.” ThinkingTwoRealityTermChristNaturalFailingConceptsOppositesUltimateOriginalsSacredUnityRationalRealmsStaticProfane Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail.” FormFallGraceFailingSacredAncientSensesHostDefectsAdorationHailRiteDeparting Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.” IfsFacesWinningNationsFailingDemandEternalPagesIndependenceSlaverySacredGods WillCrueltyOppositionPensHeritageDeclarationPilgrimDeclaration Of IndependenceMajesticWe Will WinPlymouth Book:The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“Striving for longevity through versatility facilitates what we might call an ecological or true materialism. ... we are not truly materialist because we fail to invest deep or sacred meanings in material goods. Instead, our materialism connotes an unbounded desire to acquire followed by a throwaway mentality. True materialism could become part of a new ecological consciousness.” MightDesireConsciousnessFailingMaterialsSacredStriveAcquireMaterialismGoodsMentalityLongevityEcologicalFacilitateVersatility Author:Juliet B. Schor
“Governments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose. They regard it as a sacred duty to encourage the country’s most revolting spectacle: the annual feeding frenzy in which shoppers queue all night, then stampede into the shops, elbow, trample and sometimes fight to be the first to carry off some designer junk which will go into landfill before the sales next year. The madder the orgy, the greater the triumph of economic management.” YearsFirstsWellsCountrySometimesGovernmentPurposeNightFightingNextGreaterFailingEconomicDutySucceedRegardManagementSacredRoundsMaking MoneyTriumphDesignerShopsFeedingAll NightNext YearJunkAnnualsElbowsFrenzyQueuesShoppersLandfillsStampede Author:George Monbiot
“A sacred burden is this life ye bear, Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly, Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly; Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, But onward, upward, till the goal ye win.” LifeLooksWinningGoalSinWalksFailingFailureBearsSorrowSacredBurdenThis LifeLiftsOnward And Upward Author:Fanny Kemble
“There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk ‘his life, his fortune and his sacred honor’ on an outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown children, can never be anything else.” HumansChildrenChoicesChallengesFailingRiskHonorSacredFortuneOutcomesThere Comes A TimeDubiousStranger In A Strange Land Book:Stranger in a Strange Land Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
“As the sun is to the earth, so Honour is to a man. without it, he will not flourish. All else may fail you, but honour is the treasure no one can take from you, the shield no one can penetrate unless you let them. Honour is beautiful and clean. Honour is sacred.” MenMayEarthBeautifulSunFailingSacredCleanTreasureHonourPenetrateShields Author:Morgan Llywelyn
“I add my personal witness: Our missionaries are not salesmen with wares to peddle; rather, they are servants of the Most High God, with testimonies to bear, truths to teach, and souls to save. Each missionary who goes forth in response to a sacred call becomes a servant of the Lord whose work this truly is. Do not fear, young men, for He will be with you. He never fails. He has promised: "I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up"” MenHeartSoulHandsFacesYoungSpiritLeftLordTeachFailingMinesBearsAngelSacredAddResponseRoundsWitnessServantYoung ManYour FaceMissionaryTestimonySalesmanDo Not Fear Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Under the sacred and compelling trust we have as members of the Church of Jesus Christ, ours is a work of redemption, of lifting and saving those who need help. Ours is a task of raising the sights of those of our people who fail to realize the great potential that lies within them.” PeopleNeedsHelpingLyingJesusChristRealizingChurchFailingMembersJesus ChristTasksSightSacredRedemptionSavingMissionaryCompellingLiftingNeed Help Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me. It is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God's holy ordinances shall be established again in the home, in the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord, to which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to God” PeopleShouldMindHas BeensSoulStatesHomeSchoolDesirePassionNationsPayChristianityLordFailingCreationBearsHolyConscienceBreathsSacredWitnessMotiveSpiteOppositionWorldlyRulingSpursHomageOrdinancesRuling Passion Author:Abraham Kuyper
“It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a person's death consecrates him or her anew to us. It is as if life were not sacred too, as if it were comparatively a small thing to fail in love and reverence to the brother or sister who has to climb the whole toilsome mountain with us. It seems as if all our tears and tenderness were due to the one who is spared that hard journey.” IfsPersonsHardWholeSeemsDeathFailingJourneyTearsBrotherMountainWeaknessSacredDuesClimbsReverenceTendernessSmall ThingsHard Journey Author:George Eliot