From the Other Quote File

The last post was long and arduous. So I wanted something of a respite today. Occasionally on such days I do a quote file post. I have a very large quote file related to the interrelationships of the political, economic, and social spheres. Enough for a book.

But I also have another quote file. More personal. Related to things of interest to me, rather than specifically related to the Spherical Model. I haven’t shared these before. But today’s a good day for a sampling. This quote file tends toward the religious, but also just things I want to save because they’re well said. I hope you can take a moment away from the news of the day and enjoy these, for respite.

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Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is.—Blaise Pascal

Albert Einstein
(image from Getty Images)

We should take care not to make the intellect our God; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.—Albert Einstein

Keep studying the scriptures, keep doing the things that build your faith in Jesus Christ and then notice the wise choices you are naturally drawn to make.—Russell M. Nelson

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.—Zig Ziglar

You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.—C. S. Lewis

It’s a lot easier to change your beliefs about the world than it is to change reality itself.—Rob Scott

It’s a problem when words like Turnt, Fleek or Bae are more understandable than actual words like Ethics, Morals, Respect and Integrity.—Will Smith, “House of Leaders”

If you think you’ve blown God’s plan for your life, rest in this:

You, my beautiful friend, are not that powerful.—Lisa Bever

You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.—Warren Buffett

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.― Emma Donoghue

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay…small acts of kindness and love.

—Gandalf (Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien)

Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings movie
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There is more individuality in those who are more holy. Sin, on the other hand, brings sameness; it shrinks us to addictive appetites.—Neal A. Maxwell

God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools…. And He has not been disappointed…. If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.—Justice Antonin Scalia

The biggest mistake in communication is assuming that it has taken place.

—Jon Erwin

Do not overpack the luggage you plan to take with you when you leave this world, for we simply cannot get most mortal things by celestial customs; only the eternal things are portable.—Neal A. Maxwell

Endurance is patience concentrated.—Thomas Carlisle

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

—Mahatma Ghandi

You do not have to believe everything you think.

(seen on Mindvalley Facebook page July 21, 2019, original reference unknown)

Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than it is about courageously and relentlessly doing God’s will.—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
image from Brittanica

 The person who’s in love with their vision of community will destroy community. But the person who loves the people around them will create community everywhere they go.—Dietrich Bonhoeffer