“Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.”
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God is within us — עִמָּנוּאֵל
Mathematician, logician, neo-monk
Wise as serpents, harmless as doves
Notes (20)
You can’t hear a person’s heart if you are still defending your own heart
Knowledge without surrender will only breed pride and arrogance
Knowledge isn’t power until it’s applied
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”
“I am for peace: But when I speak, they are for war.”
Every breath is a gift, everything else is borrowed
“Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: That they may know that this is thy hand; That thou, LORD, hast done it.”
Maybe the journey isn’t about becoming anything. Maybe it is about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place
— Paulo Coelho
“and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”
There is more depth to this existence than just consuming
The moment you see other people as the enemy, you stop seeing the real enemy — satan
If people cannot write well, they cannot think well; and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them
— George Orwell
Don’t fight with people, fight for people
One of satan’s greatest weapon is doubt
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
“And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.”
A person's capacity for growth is directly linked to how much truth they can face about themselves without running away
You need to renew your mind, to not be easily programmed and become the accuser