Inexperience is an asset. Embrace it.
No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.
. . . the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6). Otherwise we make a vain pretence and show, if we follow not His steps, Whose name we glory in, and assuredly they would not be irksome to us, but would free us from all dangers, if we loved nothing but what He commanded us to love.
God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation.
David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming together in one Person, that by one and the same conception and birth might spring our Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom was present both true Godhead for the performance of mighty works and true Manhood for the endurance of sufferings.
Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.
The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age. . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages.
There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.
I think moral philosophy is speculation on how we ought to live together done by people who have very little clue how people work. So I think most moral philosophy is disconnected from the species that we happen to be. In fact, they like it that way. Many moral philosophers insist that morality grows out of our rationality, that it applies to any rational being anywhere in the universe, and that it is not based on contingent or coincidental facts about our evolution.
It's like saying that two and two equals four, but if you wish to believe it, it could also be five. . . Evolution is not a theory; it is a fact, every bit as much as the historical fact that William the Conqueror landed in 1066.
Suicide is a whispered word, inappropriate for polite company. Family and friends often pretend they do not hear the word's dread sound even when it is uttered. For suicide is a taboo subject that stigmatizes not only the victim but the survivors as well.