Ambrose of Optina Quotes

God Himself heals the proud. This means that inner sorrows (by which pride is healed) are sent to us by God, for the proud man will not suffer anything from others. But the humble person will endure everything, and will always say, 'I deserve this.'

Ambrose of Optina

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• Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Death
  • Freedom
  • Religious

• You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Why
  • Dark
  • Comfort

• An indictment of entitlements has to focus on the huge 'social wealth' that the welfare state creates at the stroke of the pen. Yet statistical tests of the effects of welfare spending on employment yield erratic results.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Focus
  • Wealth
  • Pen

• World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.

  

  Harry Browne
  • World
  • Great
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• When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Growing
  • Politics
  • Identity

• This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.

  

  Zhang Yimou
  • Trying
  • Movie
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• I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.

  

  Magnus Larsson
  • Water
  • Find
  • Concrete

• Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.

  

  Usher
  • People
  • Time
  • Song

• I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Career
  • Learning
  • Beginning

• Liam Smith was a resilient fighter. He was tough, has a lot of heart. He thinks before he attacks.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Heart
  • Tough
  • Fighter

• I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Tree
  • Forest
  • Atheist

• I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

  

  Mara Brock Akil
  • People
  • Truth
  • Problem

• Be as transparent as you can in your trade. The big thing in life is trust.

  

  T. S. Kalyanaraman
  • Life
  • You
  • Trust

• As an entrepreneur and mother, I support the need to put women at the center, recognizing their crucial impact on social development and their important role of balancing family and professional responsibilities.

  

  Yelena Baturina
  • Important
  • Women
  • Family

• Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration and weighs between four and five tons.

  

  Zahi Hawass
  • Important
  • Most
  • Statue

• I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • Think
  • Action
  • Myself

• Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • Politics
  • Vocation
  • Hobby

• Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.

  

  Eberhard Weber
  • People
  • Work
  • May

• Most Americans acquire dogs impulsively and for dubious reasons: as a Christmas gift for the kids. Because they saw one in a movie. To match the new living-room furniture. Because they moved to the suburbs and see a dog as part of the package.

  

  Jon Katz
  • Kids
  • Movie
  • Dog

• Assure thee, if I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it to the last article." --Othello, Act III, Scene iii

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Scene
  • Lasts
  • Articles

• Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir awaiting a fabulous inheritance.

  

  J. I. Packer

• Nashville is only a couple of hours from New York, and people just move at a slower pace there - and they don't care who you are or what you do.

  

  Dakota Johnson
  • People
  • Care
  • Couple

• It is not easy to arrive in a different country and adapt quickly, but I think I'm getting there, and I'm proud of that.

  

  Anthony Martial
  • Different
  • Country
  • Proud

• God Himself heals the proud. This means that inner sorrows (by which pride is healed) are sent to us by God, for the proud man will not suffer anything from others. But the humble person will endure everything, and will always say, 'I deserve this.'

  

  Ambrose of Optina
  • Proud
  • Suffer
  • Endure