Wisdom of the Ages
“Although the world is full of suffering,
it is also full of the overcoming of it”
Helen Keller
“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world”
1 John 5:4
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Wisdom of the Ages – Augustine
Wisdom of the Ages
“A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps”
Augustine
Wisdom of the Ages – William Secker
Wisdom of the Ages
“Wherefore doth the Lord make your cup run over, but that other men’s lips might taste the liquor? The showers that fall upon the highest mountains should glide into the lowest valleys. “Give, and it shall be given you”, is a maxim little believed.”
– William Secker
Wisdom of the Ages – Francis of Assisi
Wisdom of the Ages
“Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.”
― Francis of Assisi
Wisdom of the Ages – Jonathan Edwards
Wisdom of the Ages
“A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God’s power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God’s wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.”
– Jonathan Edwards
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