“Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind; Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind; neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power.” MindReligionJesusLeftSecretChristianityToo MuchSweetBalanceMethodIntuitionCatholicismGreat PowerLeft OutProtestantismReasonableness Book:Literature & Dogma: An Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible Source: Literature & Dogma: An Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible
“Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.” FeelsDoeLightLove IsSweetBearsBalanceEqualAnd LoveBurdenHeavyBitterAlone In LoveHeavy Burdens Author:Thomas a Kempis
“I only do numbers/acts that excite me, or I connect to personally. I never phone it in. It's about finding the balance between what my audience wants and what I want to give them. That sweet spot in the vendiagram.” WantGivingNumbersAudienceSweetBalanceFindingsPhonesSpots Author:Jinkx Monsoon
“I'm looking for films that can resonate and hopefully have some level of critical importance but also have commercial viability and can put butts in seats. At the end of the day, that is the name of the game. And if you can find that perfect balance, then that's the sweet spot.” IfsEndsFilmGamesNamesPerfectLevelsSweetBalanceImportanceCriticalSpotsHopefullySeatsThe End Of The DayPerfect Balance Author:Will Packer
“Not one man has ever sacrificed for his Lord without being richly repaid. If the cross is only contrasted with earthly pleasures lost, it may seem hard and threatening. But when the cross is weighed in the balances with the glorious treasures to be had through it, even the cross seems sweet.” IfsMenMayHardSeemsLostPleasureLordSweetBalanceCrossesTreasureGloriousOne ManThreatening Author:Walter J Chantry
“So I didn't adopt Homer because he was cute and little and sweet, or because he was helpless and needed me. I adopted him because when you think you see something so fundamentally worthwhile in someone else, you don't look for the reasons - like bad timing or a negative bank balance - that might keep it out of your life. You commit to being strong enough to build your life around it, no matter what. In doing so, you begin to become the thing you admire.” ThinkingLooksLittlesMatterReasonEnoughMightStrongSweetNeededBalanceNegativeNo Matter WhatCommitAdmireCuteWorthwhileTimingHelplessAdoptedStrong EnoughBad Timing Author:Gwen Cooper