Quotes & Scriptures Flashcards
Democracy Quote by Churchill
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those others that have been tried.” - Winston Churchill
Source of Humanity’s Problems
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal
Greg Boyd Quote about Church and the Cultural Wars
“When the Church wins the culture wars, it inevitably loses.”
“When it conquers the world, it becomes the world. When you put your trust in the sword, you lose the cross”
CS Lewis Quote about Faith and Moods
“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.”
“Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks very improbable: but when I was an atheist I had moods in which Christianity looked terribly probable.”
Charles M Blow quote
“One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.”
Blaise Pascal Quote about religious people
“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”
Socrates Quote about Contentment
“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
Voltaire quote about questions
“Judge a man by his questions, rather than his answers”
Proverb about gentle answer
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger - Proverbs 15:1
Tim Keller quote about essence of forgiveness
The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.
Tim Keller quote about Failure
“Many times people think if God has called you to something, he’s promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.” - Tim Keller
Psalm about Nations in Chaos - Psalm 46:6
“The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts!”
JFK quote about failing
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
Psalm 39:4 - about how fleeting life is
“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.”
Proverb 17:28 - about staying silent
“Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.”