I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.
Greed is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.
Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion of its citizens upon another portion; the only conditions of which are perpetual imprisonment, and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination; in utter disregard and violation of those eternal and self-evident truths set forth in our Declaration of Independence.
No mind, no wisdom--tempora ry mind, temporary wisdom--eternal mind, eternal wisdom.
God is without birth and death and is an eternal witness; you must strive hard to earn the love of God.
Yesterday, we needed justice; today, we need justice; tomorrow, we will need justice! Justice is our eternal need!
The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction.
I find that God by any name can be reduced to this sense of the eternal Presence. It defines being, and I see it as a sphere of intense light that marks the point of my origin. It is the permanent part of me, of which I am very aware, and the point to which I will return at the conclusion of this life.
Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, "life to the limit.
I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Prayer endows us with the power to draw near to our Eternal Father.
Worthiness is a process, and perfection is an eternal trek. We can be worthy to enjoy certain privileges without being perfect.
Every morning, read seriously and reverently a portion of the Holy Scriptures, and acquaint yourselves with the history and doctrine thereof. It is a book full of light and wisdom, will make you wise to eternal life, and furnish you with directions and principles to guide and order your life safely and prudently.
I hope that each of you girls will become an individual of significant worth and a person of virtue so that your contributions are maintained in both human and eternal terms.
If arrogance is the heady wine of youth, then humility must be its eternal hangover.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
Well, what is God, then? God is that which watches. God is neither masculine nor feminine, although God can assume any form. God is that eternal reality that is in everything.
I'd like to say I took the news well. The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a time. --Percy Jackson