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Thomas Powell
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“Just as cookies are a terrible nutritional center for your diet, so emotions make a terrible central priority for your life.”
― Untangling Emotions: "God's Gift of Emotions"
― Untangling Emotions: "God's Gift of Emotions"
“For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD”
― ESV Reader's Bible
― ESV Reader's Bible
“Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!”
― ESV Reader's Bible
― ESV Reader's Bible
“On one occasion St. Thomas speaks of contemplation and play in the same breath: “because of the leisure that goes with contemplation” the divine wisdom itself, Holy Scripture says, is “always at play, playing through the whole world”(Prov 8:30f.).”
― Leisure: The Basis of Culture
― Leisure: The Basis of Culture
“While the children of Babylon – by which I mean our wicked thoughts – are still young, we should dash them to the ground and crush them against the rock, which is Christ (cf. Ps. 137 : 9; 1 Cor. 10 : 4).”
― The Philokalia Vol 1
― The Philokalia Vol 1
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