Many of those engaged in a lemming-like march to the sea are proud of their individualism.
If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us!
The enlarging of the soul requires not only some remodeling, but some excavating.
We must endure the contempt of others without reciprocating that contempt.
The doctrine of foreordination is not a doctrine of repose; instead, it is a doctrine for second- and third-milers, and it will draw out of them the last full measure of devotion. It is a doctrine for the deep believer but it will bring only scorn from the skeptic.
Unproductive worry - like Parkinson's proverbial law - tends to expand to fill the time available.