Man is a little soul carrying around a corpse. Epictetus Man is but a breath and shadow. Euripides The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Thomas Hobbes The state of man is inconstancy, boredom, anxiety. Blaise Pascal When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package. John … Continue reading “HUMANITY,
INSIGNIFICANCE OF”
HUMANITY, EXALTED ESTIMATES OF
Man is naturally inclined to beneficence. Marcus Aurelius The world is full of wonders, but nothing so more wonderful than man. Sophocles Glory to Man in the Highest! For Man is the master of things. Tennyson
HUMANITY, DEPRAVITY OF
Man is very far gone from original righteousness. Book of Common Prayer Our nature is not only completely empty of goodness, but so full of every kind of wrong that it is always active. John Calvin Eichmann is in us, each of us. Dinur It is easier to denature plutonium that to denature the evil … Continue reading “HUMANITY,
DEPRAVITY OF”
HUMANITY, COMPARED WITH ANIMALS
This is the quality peculiar to man, wherein he differs from other animals, that he alone is endowed with perception to distinguish right from wrong, justice from injustice. Aristotle Man with all his noble qualities … still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. Charles Darwin The question is this: … Continue reading “HUMANITY,
COMPARED WITH ANIMALS”
HUMANITY, CHRIST’S REDEMPTION OF
Jesus Christ taught men the simple truth about themselves: that they were selfish; enslaved to their appetites; blind, sick, unhappy sinners; that it was laid upon himself to deliver, enlighten, bless, and heal them; and that this would be brought about by hatred of self, and by following him through poverty to the death of … Continue reading “HUMANITY,
CHRIST’S REDEMPTION OF”
HUMANITY
See also: Human nature; Mankind; Relationships You will be like God, knowing good and evil. The Bible, Genesis 3:5 All flesh is grass. The Bible, Isaiah 40:6 kjv Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? The Bible, Jeremiah 13:23 kjv Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels. The … Continue reading “HUMANITY”
HUMAN NATURE
See also: Humanity; Mankind; Relationships Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. The Bible, Galatians 5:24 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. The Bible, Colossians 3:5 It is easier to denature … Continue reading “HUMAN
NATURE”
HUMAN
To be human means most fundamentally to be with God. Karl Barth
HOROSCOPES
A deep night oppresses the whole world. This is what we have to dispel and dissolve. It is night not among heretics and among Greeks only, but also in the multitude on our side, in respect of doctrines and of life. For many Christians entirely disbelieve the resurrection; many fortify themselves with the horoscope; many … Continue reading “HOROSCOPES”
HOPELESS
There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them. Clare Boothe Luce Did you ever get, where Bunyan pictures Christian as getting, right under the old dragon’s foot? He is very heavy, and presses the very breath out of a fellow when he makes him his footstool. Poor Christian … Continue reading “HOPELESS”