Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
William PennRead
Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
Interpretation
Love is challenging to understand and embody, especially within Christianity, yet it is essential to prioritize its learning.
This quote by William Penn highlights the complexities of love as a fundamental teaching in Christianity. It suggests that while love may present the toughest challenges and lessons, it remains crucial for individuals to dedicate themselves to understanding and practicing love, as it embodies the core of Christian values and principles.
In practice
In a church sermon focused on the teachings of Jesus, this quote can inspire parishioners to reflect on their understanding of love.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.
Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.
Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.
Unless virtue guide us our choice must be wrong.
The silence of the forest is my bride and the sweet dark warmth of the whole world is my love, and out of the heart of that dark warmth comes the secret that is heard only in silence, but it is the root of all the secrets that are whispered by all the lovers in their beds all over the world.
The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down.
Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.
If you love a flower, donβt pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.
We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.
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