“Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a gain; for it lessens the likelihood of his conviction and conversion. I say you have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary [its most powerful weapon] when you have set aside the Law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to Christ . . . They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy Law. Therefore the Law serves a most necessary purpose, and it must not be removed from its place.” MenLightLawPurposeChristLossPowerfulAcceptingTakenGraceSeriousHolyWeaponsGainsGuiltConvictionConversionPerceiveSinnerMost PowerfulDeprivedLikelihoodPowerful Weapons Author:Charles Spurgeon
“You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go.” IfsKnowsLightLiteraturePiecesSeriousPersonalityUniqueCookingRelatedTopicsUnique PersonalityHealth Related Author:Katie Couric
“A Child of Happiness always seems like an old soul living in a new body, and her face is very serious until she smiles, and then the sun lights up the world. ... Children of Happiness always look not quite the same as other children. They have strong, straight legs and walk with purpose. They laugh as do all children, and they play as do all children, they talk child talk as do all children, but they are different, they are blessed, they are special, they are sacred.” WorldLooksChildrenDifferentSoulPlayBodyLightSeemsFacesPurposeStrongWalksLaughingSunSpecialSeriousBlessedSacredLegsLight UpOld Soul Author:Anne Cameron
“I remember having a friend overnight, and lots of giggling after the lights were out. And seemingly long silences followed by “Are you asleep yet?” and, sometimes, some pretty serious discussions about God and Life.” LongSometimesLightRememberSilenceSeriousDiscussionLong SilenceGod And Life Author:Joe Brainard
“Sorrowful words become the sorrowful; angry words suit the passionate; light words a playful expression; serious words suit the grave. [Lat., Tristia maestum Vultum verba decent; iratum, plena minarum; Ludentem, lasciva: severum, seria dictu.]” LightSeriousExpressionAngryPassionateGravesSuitsDecentSorrowfulAngry Words Author:Horace
“I can be reasonably funny and light-hearted when I'm in the company of good friends, but I'm not a jokesmith. I tend to be quite serious.” I CanLightCompanySeriousGood FriendHeartedLight Hearted Author:Rowan Atkinson
“After reading ... accounts ... of minor accidents of light, it is little wonder that the average man would far rather watch someone else fly and read of the narrow escapes from death when some pilot has had a forced landing or a blowout, than to ride himself. Even in the postwar days of now obsolete equipment, nearly all of the serious accidents were caused by inexperienced pilots who where then allowed to fly or attempt to fly-without license or restrictions about anything they could coax into the air.” MenLittlesLightReadingWonderWatchesAirSeriousAccountsSafetyAverageAccidentsAviationPilotsMinorsEquipmentLicenseRestrictionObsoleteLandingAverage ManBlowouts Author:Charles Lindbergh
“Very few people realize the damage even one mercury vapor light can inflict on birds, air quality and human sleep patterns. It a serious problem that is rapidly growing and it will take all of us to take action before we see results.” PeopleHumansProblemLightActionRealizingSleepResultsQualityGrowingAirSeriousBirdPatternsDamageMercuryVaporAir Quality Author:Will Young
“We need to take nostalgia seriously as an energizing impulse, maybe even a form of knowledge. The effort to revalue what has been lost can motivate serious historical inquiry; it can also cast a powerful light on the present.” NeedsHas BeensLightFormLostPowerfulEffortSeriousHistoricalCastsNostalgiaImpulseInquiryEnergizing Author:T. J. Jackson Lears
“Light reading is not to be avoided but should be used as a conduit to more serious reading.” ShouldLightUsedReadingSeriousAvoided Author:Stephen D. Krashen
“Light matters should be dealt with seriously. Serious matters should be dealt with lightly.” ShouldMatterLightSerious Author:Yamamoto Tsunetomo
“There is something about the light, the heat (physical and perhaps metaphysical), the vibrancy of street life, and the rawness and disjointedness of much of the tropical world that has moved and disturbed me - in places where the indigenous culture is often transformed by an external northern culture (sometimes my own... I suspect that one has a few serious creative obsessions in life. I certainly cannot seem to escape this one.” WorldSometimesLightSeemsCultureMy OwnCreativeStreetsSeriousMovedObsessionHeatSuspectsTransformedMetaphysicalIndigenousDisturbedTropicalStreet LifeVibrancyRawnessIndigenous Culture Author:Alex Webb
“[E]ncouraging the Muslim world, and particularly the Arab Muslim world, which is the heart of the global terrorist threat - to adopt democratic ways and to shine the light of liberty into its culture of medieval darkness is a pragmatic necessity for the future security of the civilized world. That is the reality behind the President's address. Only people in serious denial can be blind to this fact. Only liberals.” PeopleWorldWayHeartFactsRealityLightCulturePresidentBehindsLibertyDarknessSecuritySeriousBlindShiningThreatDemocraticTerroristDenialAddressesCivilizedMedievalPragmaticMuslim World Author:David Horowitz
“I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.” MatterLightSidesIssuesSeriousInvolvedFringeFrivolousSerious Issues Author:Michele Bachmann
“Actually a lot of the supposedly serious and meaningful and worthwhile content on the podcast or on the television is no more or less meaningful than the clothes in the laundry basket or the dishes in the sink. It's more a matter of the attention you're willing to bring to them, where you're willing to allow meaning and pleasure and the light to escape.” MatterLightPleasureAttentionTelevisionWillingSeriousClothesMeaningfulWorthwhileDishesBasketsLaundry Author:Ian Bogost
“All doctrine is ultimately the death of joy - even when the doctrine is the elevation of the light above the serious, because joy is too varied and elusive ever to confine itself to one or the other.” LightJoySeriousDoctrineElusiveElevation Author:David Bennun
“The light bulb going off in my head was a fear that in this pivotal moment in history, when America faces so many serious problems, when the middle class and working class of this country are being decimated, that there were not voices out there representing the tens of millions of people who needed a voice. And the idea of going through a campaign where there is not a serious discussion about the most important issues facing America, where there are not voices out there representing people who are hurting - that seemed to me unacceptable.” PeopleImportantIdeasCountryMomentsProblemLightAmericaFacesVoiceHurtClassMillionsIssuesMiddleSeriousNeededCampaignsDiscussionMiddle ClassWorking ClassRepresentingBulbsImportant IssuesLight BulbPivotalPivotal Moments Author:Bernie Sanders