The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.#Bodhidharma #FridayQuote
Month: October 2023 (Page 112 of 126)
Satan will work his miracles to deceive; he will set up his power as supreme. The church may appear as about to fall, but it does not fall. It remains, while the sinners in Zion will be sifted out–the chaff separated from the precious wheat. This is a terrible ordeal, but nevertheless it must take place. #EllenGWhite #Quotes
A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. #JohnBurroughs #FridayQuote
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. #GertrudeStein #FridayQuote
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? #HenryDavidThoreau #FridayQuote
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks. #Yo-YoMa #FridayQuote
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. #GertrudeStein #FridayQuote
Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. #AynRand #FridayQuote
Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can’t bother about where they’re going. #JosephAloisSchumpeter #FridayQuote
I look and see the anger in the world today reminds me of something I read as a child
The Youth’s Instructor, November 10, 1886. #EllenGWhite
“Many look at things on their darkest side; they magnify their supposed grievances, nurse their wrath, and are filled with revengeful, hateful feelings, when in truth they had no real cause for these feelings…. Resist these wrong feelings, and you will experience a great change in your association with your fellowmen."—The Youth’s Instructor, November 10, 1886. #EllenGWhite
