At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.” The Bible, Matthew 11:25
UNCONVERTED
The besetting sin of the unconverted is to deny their guiltiness, to plead that they are as good as others, and to indulge still the vain and foolish hope that they shall enter into heaven from some doings, sufferings, or weepings of their own. C.H. Spurgeon
TYRANT
If view of the success of my economic revolution in Uganda, I offer myself to be appointed Head of the Commonwealth. Idi Amin We’re the most democratic country in Latin America. Fidel Castro I shall be an autocrat: that’s my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that’s his. Attributed to Catherine II (the … Continue reading “TYRANT”
TRUTHFULNESS
The commandment of absolute truthfulness is really only another name for the fullness of discipleship. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
TRUTH AND LOVE
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King Jr.
TRUTH AND ACTION
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please, you can never have both. Ralph Waldo Emerson
TRUTH, ECONOMIC WITH
I didn’t accept it. I received it. Richard Allen National Security Advisor to President Reagan, explaining the $1000 in cash and two watches he was given by two Japanese journalists after he helped arrange a private interview for them with First Lady Nancy Reagan We are not retreating – we are advancing in another Direction. … Continue reading “TRUTH,
ECONOMIC WITH”
TRUTH, DEFENSE OF
Not to oppose error, is to approve of it, and not to defend truth is to suppress it, and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them. Pope Felix III
TRUST IN SELF
Those who trust in themselves are worse than the devil. John of the Cross
TRUST IN PEOPLE
Vain is the man who puts his trust in men, in created things. Thomas à Kempis