“We judge things by their present appearances, but the Lord sees them in their consequences.”
― Letters of John Newton
― Letters of John Newton
“It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.”
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“The moral certitude of the state in wartime is a kind of fundamentalism. And this dangerous messianic brand of religion, one where self-doubt is minimal, has come increasingly to color the modern world of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.”
― War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
― War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
“Most history is guessing, and the rest is prejudice.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History
“What will it profit a man if he gains his cause and silences his adversary—if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and to which the promise of his presence is made?”
― The Letters of John Newton
― The Letters of John Newton
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