The more a man is imbued with the ordered regularity of all events the firmer becomes his conviction that there is no room left by the side of this ordered regularity for causes of a different nature. For him neither the rule of human nor the rule of...
I'm reading a book that actually scares me. It is not a form of fear that is embodied in some irrational phobia of a specific object, living being, or an event, but a fear of words, of actions of beings towards one another, how one word or command wr...
Rising demand for oil exposed Europe, and later America, to oil shocks - serious interruptions in supply. Like a pebble tossed into a pond, an oil shock creats ripples, or effects, felt everywhere. Oil shocks have two causes. The first is natural, be...
Brother I've been right where you are now And my heart was broke Cause I never spoke Those healing words out loud But I've learned my lesson well And now every night Before I close my eyes I look at my woman and I ask myself did you Tell her that you...
Fear causes problems in your life because it fogs the lens through which you see yourself and your world.
Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Control is as much an effect as a cause, and the idea that control is something you exert is a real handicap to progress
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision.
Sunlight dusts them; Water is damp; Crosses pain them; And beheadings cause cramps—
On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.
Suddenly, a high-pitched sound blasted into the room. The floor began shaking beneath her feet. She paused for a moment, wondering if she was causing this.
Al he knew was that he'd never met anyone who caused him to doubt and to hope as much as she did.
The death of Christ is their meritorious cause; the Spirit of God and his effectual grace their efficient, working instrumentally with power by the word and ordinances.
Only love can free us from fear. Fear causes us to cower in the shadows; Love allows us to dance in the sunlight.
All beings tremble before danger, all fear death. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.
It is rooted deep in your bones; the water calls out to you until it causes you physical pain unless you come to it.
To produce a primary [karmic] cause which is potentially capable of having an effect, three things are necessary: intention, the actual action, and then satisfaction.
A deeper intimacy with God sharpens our awareness of sin, which causes a stronger need for grace and a freer offering of mercy.
Between two brains, there will always be misunderstandings and lies caused by parasitic smells, drafts and poor-quality reception.
For the same reason a disease cannot be cured by more of the germ that caused it, the inflation and debt accumulation of the Obama years will not inflate our way out of it.
