“The very secret of life for mewas to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility. I had picked a life that dealt with excitement, tragedy, mass calamities, human triumphs and suffering. To throw my whole self into recording and attempting to understand these things, I needed an inner serenity as a kind of balance.” HumansKindSelfWholeSufferingSecretEventsNeededBalanceMassTragedyTriumphExcitementMidstSerenityTranquilityAttemptingCalamityRushingSecret Life Author:Margaret Bourke-White
“One sees that dead, vacant look steal over the rarest, finest of women's faces . . . in the very midst, it may be, of their warmest summer's day; and then one can guess at the secret of intolerable solitude that lies hid beneath the delicate laces . . .” LooksMayFacesLyingSecretSolitudeSummerStealingMidstDelicateFinestLaceVacant Book:Life in the Iron-mills: Easyread Edition Source: Life in the Iron-mills: Easyread Edition
“Remember that pride is the worst viper that is in the heart, the greatest disturber of the soul's peace and sweet communion with Christ; it was the first sin that ever was, and lies lowest in the foundation of Satan's whole building, and is the most difficultly rooted out, and is the most hidden, secret and deceitful of all lusts, and often creeps in, insensibly, into the midst of religion and sometimes under the disguise of humility.” FirstsHeartSoulSometimesWholeRememberLyingChristSinSecretWorstHumilityBuildingSweetPrideFoundationLustSatanMidstRootedDisguiseCommunionLowestCreepsDeceitfulVipersHidden Secrets Book:The Works of Jonathan Edwards: Letters and personal writings Source: The Works of Jonathan Edwards: Letters and personal writings