Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

GRACE

Those who cling to worthless idols,
forfeit the Grace that could be theirs. …….Jonah 2:8

There but for the Grace of God go I. ……Rev. George Whitfield

Grace has been defined as the outward expression
of the inward harmony of the soul. …….William Hazlitt

Where sin abounded, Grace shall much more abound. ……Archibald Alexander

Above all the Grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved,
is that of overcoming self. …….St. Francis of Assisi

Grace must find expression in life,
otherwise it is not grace. …….Karl Barth

The Grace of God is courtesy. …….Hilaire Belloc

It is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose;
Good with the assistance of Grace;
Evil, when Grace is absent. ……John Calvin

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