"Well,Ernest,you certainly possess the gifts of prudence and reflection,as well as observation.These are valuable;but sudden action is so often necessary in life,that I advise you to cultivate the power of instantly perceiving and deciding what must be done in cases of emergency.Presence of mi...
He spoke to all as to brothers, and every one of them looked upon him as a father. When he observed among the exiles some poor woman with a child, he would always come forward and fondle the little one, and make it laugh. He continued these acts of mercy up to his very de...
Up till now such influence and power as I have possessed have always been employed on the side of mercy. I ask you to believe me, at least, that I am speaking the truth. Now, I am placed in this dilemma. By refusing, I am exposing the town to the danger of riots an...
. We can become joyous participants in that hope being born into people lives. We can provide the world with great playground equipment, joyous songs of testimony to God’s love, winsome deeds of justice and mercy, courageous lives of compassion, and miraculous signs of supernatural power....
“Mercy, no—never saw her till yesterday. Lady Skiddaw sent her over with letters to the Van Osburghs, and I heard that Maria Van Osburgh was asking a big party to meet her this week, so I thought it would be fun to get her away, and Jack Stepney, who knew her in India, manag...
Job considers the limitless power of God – and despairs: 18 “But instead, as mountains fall and crumble and as rocks fall from a cliff, 19 as water wears away the stones and floods wash away the soil, so you destroy people’s hope. 20 You always overpower them, and they pass fro...
BILL MOYERS: The experience of life.JOSEPH CAMPBELL: The experience of life. The mind has to do with meaning; in here, what’s the meaning of a flower? That Zen story of the sermon of the Buddha when his whole company was gathered, and he simply lifted a flower. And there’s o...
In the 1530s, life became more dangerous for Spanish Erasmians when Erasmus' protector, the Inquisitor General Alonso Manrique de Lara fell out of favour with the royal court and lost power within his own organization to friar-theologians. In 1532 Erasmus' friend, converso Juan de Vergara (Ci...
Will you to your power cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be executed in all your judgements? The King replies I will. The King kneels at the Chair of Estate. The Archbishop says Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel?
This chapter is in the book On the Song of Songs II SERMON 45 THE WINE OF ZEAL AND THE OIL OF MERCY BEHOLD, HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE, my dearest, O how beautiful, your eyes are like doves! How beautifully said, how excellent. The bride's presumption springs from her love, the Bridegroo...