 Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. Topics: Christianity |
| When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? Topics: Christmas, Children |
| The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church. Topics: Church, Politics |
| We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world. Topics: Church
Source: Issues and G.K.'s Answers, Christianity Today, 07-01-02. |
| True contentment is a real, even an active, virtue - not only affirmative but creative. It is the power of getting out of any situation all there is in it. Topics: Contentment |
| All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. Topics: Contentment |
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| Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. Topics: Contentment |
| True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare. Topics: Contentment |
| True contentment is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. Topics: Contentment |
| Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live, taking the form of a readiness to die. Topics: Courage |
| The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it. Topics: Courage |
| Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. Topics: Crime |
