Mike

“A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

“The Biblical rule is simple. If any verse in either Testament does not contradict or deny something found in a Pauline epistle it CAN be applied to a New Testament Christian. Hundreds of verses (mainly in the Proverbs, Psalms, Job, and Exodus) can be found in the Old Testament that are applicable to Christian belief and conduct, but once a verse is pulled out of even Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John that contradicts a Pauline doctrinal statement—did you get what I said? I said a “doctrinal” statement; I did NOT say “an inspirational” statement or a “devotional teaching”—it is to be judged in the light of Paul’s advanced revelations which Jesus Christ Himself said would be advanced revelations not given to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Don’t”
― Peter S. Ruckman, Romans Commentary

“Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

“Ingratitude is a crime more despicable than revenge, which is only returning evil for evil, while ingratitude returns evil for good.”
― William George Jordan