Scriptures are as ‘helping problem’. Scriptures only give directions. Scriptures are like a thermometer. Can you grind a thermometer and give it as medicine?
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Related Scriptures are meant to serve humanity, not humanity to serve scriptures. ABHIJIT NASKAR I just dove into the Scriptures and started memorizing different scriptures and started becoming as ... TIM SCOTT Your dreams are expression of the scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams. UMBERTO ECO The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home. ST. AUGUSTINE The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Scriptures are to religion, what sci-fi comic-books are to innovation. ABHIJIT NASKAR Save your ass, give my ass.... what a friend you are... DEYTH BANGER The mind of God for the earth and his people are in the scriptures. Only those with a developed mind... SUNDAY ADELAJA I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the script... TED CRUZ There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. ... KEVIN MCCARTHY I want to help people understand how to study the Scriptures with other people, to give them an over... FRANCIS CHAN Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures. EDEN AHBEZ That's how the change took place, the different scriptures in the Bible, his will being shown throug... DONNIE MCCLURKIN You can always find in Scriptures a passage to misquote for almost anything, ... something very stra... JAMES INHOFE The mind of God for the earth and his people are in the scriptures SUNDAY ADELAJA What are ye orbs?
The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies? PHILIP JAMES BAILEY Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning des... L. LIONEL KENDRICK Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane wr... AMBROSE BIERCE The idea that Buddhism denies what is called in the West 'individual immortality' is a mista... ANNIE BESANT Reading the Scriptures is an uplifting experience. SOURCE UNKNOWN Mediation on the scriptures transforms our lives. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You can use songs, scriptures and godly pictures to chart your thought-course in the right direction... JAACHYNMA N.E. AGU Well we can try to measure democracy, just as you measure temperature with a thermometer, or pressur... HUGO CHAVEZ You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opin... CORNEL WEST When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special hap... BONO Remain in wonder if you want the mysteries to open up for you. Mysteries never open up for those who... OSHO Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and pro... AMBROSE BIERCE Never question the conviction of a scientist, based on mere scriptures. ABHIJIT NASKAR A sure success is the grace to mediate on the scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The laity ought to understand the faith, and since the doctrines of our faith are in the Scriptures,... JOHN WYCLIFFE The highest knowledge, knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Mediation on the Scriptures will renew your mind. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA "We must do as those Wise Men of old and search the scriptures regarding the Savior's birth." ~Tom B... TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles It is for Christ's sake that we believe in the Sc... MARTIN LUTHER You ought to search the Scriptures yourself, to discover the glorious gospel. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Close Scrutiny of the scriptures reveals that the kingdom was the only message Jesus preached SUNDAY ADELAJA Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 Concluding a short series on the Bible: Chris... MARTIN LUTHER We do not find happiness by being assertive. We don't find happiness by running over people because ... RICH MULLINS There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES Renew your mind daily by reading the Holy Scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent. TONY CAMPOLO Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures. ADAM CLARKE You may recite or listen to countless scriptures, but you will not be established within until you c... ASHTAVAKRA GITA The holy scriptures as well as the local and General Authorities of the Church provide a safety net ... JAMES E. FAUST And most surely the same is in the scriptures of the ancients. QURAN I do not quote from the scriptures;I simply see what I see. KABIR When we . . . read and study the scriptures, benefits and blessings of many kinds come to us. This i... HOWARD W. HUNTER Heritage is Scriptures . . . which have become absorbed into our blood. SHOLEM ASCH The pursuit of dreams is the fulfillment of the scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Daily reading of scriptures is essential for your spiritual growth. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Morality is to Scriptures, what Innovation is to Comic-Books. ABHIJIT NASKAR Self-education begins with the passion to read the Scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA This worldly knowledge is not called (Real) Knowledge. It is worldly knowledge. The scriptural knowl... DADA BHAGWAN It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptu... DESIDERIUS ERASMUS A Brahmin well versed in the scriptures is undoubtedly superior to an ignorant person. RIG VEDA Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Ve... SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812 I hear no... ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM The Bible is not an antiquated text. The scriptures are the text that will lead us into the future. ERWIN MCMANUS Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context. YUSUF ISLAM We stumble in sin, when we fail to read the scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Mediation on the Holy Scriptures, awakens our mind on Christ Jesus. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, ... JOHN OWEN In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, ... JOHN OWEN It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures,... DESIDERIUS ERASMUS This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS If we begin to study the Scriptures, our souls shall be sanctified. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The two things that are going to make you a better baker without even trying are a scale and a therm... TOM DOUGLAS We were given the Scriptures to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are j... RICH MULLINS The argument against faith is all based upon the rigorous analysis of the scriptures, and not upon t... ABHIJIT NASKAR Some offer their wealth, their austerity, and their practice of yoga as sacrifice, while the ascetic... BHAGAVAD GITA It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our en... GEORGE MULLER It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our en... GEORGE MULLER You can be like a thermometer, just reflecting the world around you. Or you can be a thermostat, one... CORY BOOKER As I read the scriptures, it appears that those who receive the Savior's strongest reproach are ... DIETER F. UCHTDORF Historical experiences of this absolute godliness gave rise to all the scriptures in the world. Henc... ABHIJIT NASKAR Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures. JAMES MCHENRY Believe in God. Believe in Jesus Christ. Believe in the Scriptures. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with sta... BIBLE I've been suffering severely, massively and grossly_ just because I refuse to implement the Scriptur... KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL I would advise no one to send his child where the Holy Scriptures are not supreme. Every institution... MARTIN LUTHER Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures help us to build a strong trust in the truth of God. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Daily mediate and affirm the Scriptures; your mind and soul will be filled with pure thoughts. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a t... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book. ANATOLE FRANCE When I taught the little gods doctrine, I was using Scriptures that didn't fit. BENNY HINN The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints. MATHEW HENRY I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see. KABIR The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints. MATTHEW HENRY Renew your mind with the knowledge on scriptures daily. You will be better equipped to handle any si... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA In the Buddhist scriptures, it said many births cause suffering, so Buddhism is not against family p... MECHAI VIRAVAIDYA Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice. RANDALL TERRY Third, the Stubborn Mind: These are the people who are not willing to explore the intuitions hidden ... VISHAL CHIPKAR Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made ... FRANCIS ATTERBURY When a person irrationally and quite pathologically sticks to the creeds of his scriptures too much,... ABHIJIT NASKAR In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our ... SAMUEL HOPKINS We must realize that even though the sacred text of the scriptures could never be improved or change... TED ROBERTS Holiness, as taught in the Scriptures, is not based upon knowledge on our part. Rather, it is based ... A.W. TOZER I think many cooks are afraid of undercooked meats. A good thermometer is a cook's best friend. EMERIL LAGASSE
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DADA BHAGWAN Clashes should not occur whatsoever. Due to conflicts only have the energies diminished. Regardless ... DADA BHAGWAN In this world we do not have to become the doer, we have to become nimit [an instrument, one of the ... DADA BHAGWAN You can remain faultless only when you constantly remain as a nimit [instrument, one of the doer and... DADA BHAGWAN There is no place for beggary [wanting things from others] in the current era. The law of vyavasthit... DADA BHAGWAN No matter what the other person says, then take the bottom line out of it, everything in this world ... DADA BHAGWAN What is the difference between disrespect (avinay) and despise (viradhana)? Disrespect (avinay) mean... DADA BHAGWAN There are two kinds of beliefs in this world. Impure beliefs are illusory beliefs. The pure belief i... DADA BHAGWAN Who is able to prevail in the present? The One who says, "Yes. DADA BHAGWAN The one with form (sakaar; self) will have to be made formless (nirakaar, Self). The Self is formles... DADA BHAGWAN The world is going on [naturally]. Is it acceptable for the driver to say, "I am driving it," when i... DADA BHAGWAN You are not the 'doer' of this, there is a mistake in your belief. For the work that is not Yours, y... DADA BHAGWAN It is due to one’s own mistake that the world continues to be remembered. Whatever keeps coming to... DADA BHAGWAN As one begins to see his own mistakes, the world will be forgotten and freedom from the effects of m... DADA BHAGWAN Moksha is not difficult if one meets a ‘Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one]. If one believes tha... DADA BHAGWAN When will money not come to one? It is when he speaks ill of others and scandalizes. Money will come... DADA BHAGWAN One can give ‘correct’ opinion only if one has an open mind. DADA BHAGWAN One who keeps an 'open mind' will be able to see God! DADA BHAGWAN In reality, those who cheat are indeed the ones who get cheated. Those who are cheated will gain exp... DADA BHAGWAN When others try to provoke (instigate) you and you don’t get provoked, it is known as a spiritual ... DADA BHAGWAN When you ‘oblige’ someone, things will happen according to your wishes, and if you harm someone,... DADA BHAGWAN What kind of a stage should we attain? One where our intellect becomes such that it never creates co... DADA BHAGWAN All the pains are caused from going against the ‘nature’! 'Nature' adjusts everything but one do... DADA BHAGWAN Women have an encircling wall of deceit around them; therefore, they are not aware of deception, it ... DADA BHAGWAN When no trace of one’s know-how [capable to do something or everything] remains, one will be endow... DADA BHAGWAN What do people say? They say count every karma and destroy them. When can that be ever accomplished?... DADA BHAGWAN To remain lying on thorns (kanta) is called boredom (kantado). DADA BHAGWAN What harm does lying cause? One loses people’s trust. And once one loses trust, he becomes worthle... DADA BHAGWAN That which is external, it is instrumental (naimitik); it is relative and it is perishable [destruct... DADA BHAGWAN One has thieving intention himself, otherwise no one can ever steal from him; no one can ever rob hi... DADA BHAGWAN Don’t some people say, ‘You did not value me’? What value did you have at all? Go ask the ocea... DADA BHAGWAN When you understand that [in reality] the bitter fruit [unfavourable result] is sweet and the sweet ... DADA BHAGWAN If your instigations stop, then there will not be anyone to instigate you. All these are indeed the ... DADA BHAGWAN If the fruit (of your effort) is to your expectations, it is the effect (prarabdha, result) of your ... DADA BHAGWAN Don’t speak of action [effect]. Don’t serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the c... DADA BHAGWAN Many preach that do this way, do that way, have faith, speak the truth, have patience. These are all... DADA BHAGWAN Disturbing anything [situation] results in damage. To improve, you do not need to disturb anything t... DADA BHAGWAN There is no point in worrying about the effect [result], which has already occurred. It is worth pay... DADA BHAGWAN