The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
Interpretation
Life's challenges increase with greater aspirations.
This quote illustrates the idea that as one strives for greater heights in life, whether in aspirations or achievements, the challenges and temptations they face also intensify. It serves as a reminder that with greater ambitions come greater obstacles, which may tempt individuals to stray from their desired path.
In practice
During a motivational speech about achieving dreams and facing obstacles.
We should know that faith is a gift of God, and that it may not be given to men, except it be graciously. Thus, indeed, all the good which we have is of God; and accordingly, when God rewardeth a good work of man, he crowneth his own gift.
The New Testament is of full authority and open to the understanding of simple men as to the points most needful to salvation.
No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion.
By the law of Christ, every man is bound to love his neighbour as himself; but every servant is a neighbour of every civil lord; therefore every civil lord must love any of his servants as himself; but by natural instinct, every lord abhors slavery; therefore, by the law of charity, he is bound not to impose slavery on any brother in Christ.
The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere - any additional rules made to govern men's conduct added nothing to the perfection already found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I shall not die, but live; and again declare the evil deeds of the friars.
I felt a trembling along my skin, a treaveling current that moved up my spine, down my arms, pulsing out from my fingertips. I was practically radiating. The body knows things a long time before the mind catches up to them. I was wondering what my body knew that I didn't.
It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.
Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.
I don't look at a knife the way I used to. I'm more aware of what it is. I think twice. This is a key finger. It's in every chord.
The masters say if you create an auspicious condition in your body and your environment then meditation and realization will automatically arise.
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