“Formerly, a nation that broke the peace, did not trouble to try and prove to the world that it was done solely from higher motives. ... Now war has a bad conscience. Now every nation assures us that it is bleeding for a human cause, the fate of which hangs in the balance of its victory ... No nation dares to admit the guilt of blood before the world.” WorldTryingHumansWarDoneNationsCausesFateTroubleBloodBalanceVictoryHigherProveConscienceGuiltDareBrokeWar Of The WorldsMotiveBleeding Author:Ellen Key
“Now when you get something like the Apocalypse of John, when this avenging God is going to have blood to the bridle bits for 200 miles, I think that's venous, I don't think that's justice, I don't think that's Jesus, and I don't think it's the God of Jesus. That's the killer God, and the trouble with the killer God is that it justifies us doing the same, and in fact it invites us maybe to start with a bit.” ThinkingFactsJesusBitsJusticeTroubleBloodMilesJustifyInvitesKillersApocalypseAvenging Author:John Dominic Crossan
“But if you will recall the history of our civil troubles, you will see half the nation bathe itself, out of piety, in the blood of the other half, and violate the fundamental feelings of humanity in order to sustain the cause of God: as though it were necessary to cease to be a man in order to prove oneself religious!” IfsMenFeelingsHumanityOrderNationsCausesReligiousHalfTroubleBloodAtheismProveFundamentalsOneselfPositive AtheismCeaseRecallsBe A ManPietyOther Half Author:Denis Diderot
“Affliction shows the power of Christ's blood, when it gives peace in an hour of trouble, when it can make happy in sickness, poverty, persecution and death. Do not be surprised if you suffer, but glorify God.” IfsGivingShowsChristianSufferingChristHoursPovertyTroubleBloodSicknessAfflictionPersecutionGlorifyMake Happy Book:The Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, and Poems of the Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne Source: The Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, and Poems of the Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne
“The trouble with many copywriters in general agencies are that they don't really think in terms of selling. They have never written direct-response; they have never tasted blood” ThinkingTermWrittenTroubleBloodDirectResponseSellingAgency Author:David Ogilvy