John Calvin Quotes
To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.
Quotes to Explore
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.
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I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.
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My grandma always had two gods: Jesus Christ and the United States of America. I was no different, and neither was anyone else I knew.
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Kabbalah is all about change. It isn't about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light.
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Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
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Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God.
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Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
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God in his wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why.
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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
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You can't worship a spirit in spirit, unless you do it now. Wallowing in the past may be good literature. As wisdom, it's hopeless. Time Regained is Paradise Lost, and Time Lost is Paradise Regained. Let the dead bury their dead. If you want to live at every moment as it presents itself, you've got to die to every other moment.
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If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.
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There are thousands of years in the past, and there is an unknown amount of time in the future. There are all kinds of opportunities, and there are all kinds of dangers.
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Everybody has their own rules, and so do I. I have always lived on my own terms. As far as mistakes are concerned, I've made them and acknowledged them as mistakes, not regrets. I consider my life a success. There's nothing that I would re-do. I've always done what I felt was right.
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The truth is, "What is a journalist?" is one of those questions for which there is no proper answer. The prehistory of modern journalism shows it has been a ragged and confusing trade all the way through.
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To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.
