Quotes-December, 2014

When everybody is somebody, then nobody is anybody. –Anonymous

For every civilization or every period of history it is true today: Show me what kind of God you have and I will tell you what kind of humanity you possess. —Emil Brunner

Fear that man who fears not God. -Abdl-el-Kader

There is a God. The plants of the valley, the cedars of the mountain bless His name; the elephant salutes Him with the rising day; the bird glorifies Him among the foliage; the lightning bespeaks His power, and the ocean declares His immensity. Man alone has said, “There is no God.” —Vicomte de Chauteaubriand

Wisdom is only found in truth. -Goethe

He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever. –Tillotson

The death of Socrates, peacefully philosophizing among friends, appears the most agreeable that one could wish: that of Jesus, expiring in agonies, abused, insulted, and accused by a whole nation, is the most horrible that one could fear. Yes, if the life and death of Socrates were those of a sage, the life and death of Jesus are those of a God. —Jean Jacques Rousseau

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last final awakening. -Scott

 

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