“Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven into the very texture of my soul, to go on plodding and patient, never taken by surprise by any small temptation, than to gather into myself the strength which God has given me, and, expecting some great storm to come down upon me, to stand fast, and let it rage. It is a great deal easier to die once for Christ than to live always for Him.” SoulChristianDiesGivenChristDealsPrinciplesTakenBrotherGoes OnHigherEasierHarderSurprisePatientStormProofRageTemptationMy SoulMy BrotherExpectingPersistentTextureWovenThoroughAfar Author:Alexander MacLaren
“Each lost soul will be a hell unto itself, the boundless fire raging in its very vitals.” SoulLostHellFireRageBoundlessLost Souls Book:The Best of James Joyce Source: The Best of James Joyce
“Worry is different from fear. If fear is like a raging fever, worry is a low-grade temperature. It nags at us, simmers in our souls, hovers in the back of our minds like a faint memory. We may fear certain realities, like death; we worry about vague possibilities. Worry distracts us more than paralyzes us. It is like a leaky faucet we never get around to fixing.” IfsMindMayDifferentSoulRealityCertainMemoriesWorryPossibilityLowsRageGradesVagueTemperatureFeverFixing Author:Gerald Lawson Sittser
“Greatness, thou gaudy torment of out souls, The wise man's fetter, and the rage of fools.” MenSoulWiseGreatnessFoolRageTormentFettersGaudy Author:Thomas Otway