“If the spirit of business adventure is dulled, this country will cease to hold the foremost position in the world.” IfsWorldCountrySpiritBusinessPositionAdventureCease Author:Andrew Mellon
“When in such sadness I earnestly elevated my spirit into God and locked my whole heart and mind along with all my thoughts and will therein, ceaselessly pressing in with God's Love and Mercy, and not to cease until he blessed me? then after some hard storms my spirit broke through hell's gates into the inmost birth of the Godhead, and there I was embraced with Love as a bridegroom embraces his dear bride.” MindHeartHardWholeSpiritHellSadnessBirthMercyBlessedEmbraceDearStormCeaseBrokeGatesLockedMy ThoughtsHeart And MindBridesGod's LoveBridegroom Author:Jakob Bohme
“Nothing less than the majesty of God, and the powers of the world to come, can maintain the peace and sanctity of our homes, the order and serenity of our minds, the spirit of patience and tender mercy in our hearts. Then will even the merest drudgery of duty cease to humble us, when we transfigure it by the glory of our own spirit.” WorldMindHeartHomeSpiritOrderDutyGloryMercyHumbleCeaseSerenityMajestySanctityDrudgeryTender Mercies Book:Endeavors After the Christian Life: A Volume of Discourses Source: Endeavors After the Christian Life: A Volume of Discourses
“It has always seemed to me that the social order was implicit in the very nature of things, and required nothing more from the human spirit than care in arranging the various elements; that a people could be governed without being made thralls or libertines or victims thereby; that man was born for peace and liberty, and became miserable and cruel only through the action of insidious and oppressive laws. And I believe therefore that if man be given laws which harmonize with the dictates of nature and of his heart he will cease to be unhappy and corrupt.” PeopleIfsMenBelieveHumansHeartMadeCareActionLawSpiritOrderGivenI BelieveSocialBornLibertyElementsVictimVariousCeaseUnhappyMiserableHuman SpiritImplicitSocial OrderInsidiousArrangingLibertine Author:Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
“Tell men that God is love; that right is right, and wrong, wrong; let them cease to admire philanthropy, and begin to love men; cease to pant for heaven, and begin to love God; then the spirit of liberty begins.” MenSpiritHeavenLibertyCeaseAdmireGod LovePreachingPhilanthropyGod Is Love Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“Indifference is the acid of life. It erodes all the spirit that's in us and makes us useless to anyone else. We all have to stand for something, or our souls cease to breathe.” SoulSpiritBreatheCeaseUselessIndifferenceAcidErodeStand For Something Author:Joan D. Chittister