To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not based on a false attachment. The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith).
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
This isn't romance. This isn't a declaration of love or affirmation of friendship. This is something more.
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual. This same sense of man patterned the convictions of those who framed the English system of law inherited by our own Nation, as well as the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.
The Trinity is the basis of the gospel, and the gospel is a declaration of the Trinity in action.
I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.
The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about.
Japan announced that it would not comply with this declaration [ 1956]. Later on, the Soviet Union also declared that the declaration could not be fulfilled unilaterally, by the USSR alone.
We're all as bureaucrats, or people who are - who work for state, every year we present our declaration of our incomes and expenditures to our special organs who control and double-control the declaration.
Proper wedding vows are more a promise of mutually binding future love than a declaration of your present love.
I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God
A massive beast dashed along the mountain apex. Astamur reached for his rifle. “A demon?” “No, not a demon. ” I might have preferred one. “That’s my boyfriend. ” Atsany and the shepherd turned to look at me. “Boyfriend?” Astamur said. Curran saw us. He paused on a stone crag and roared. The raw declaration of strength cracked through the mountains, rolling down the cliffs like a rockslide. “Yep. Don’t worry. He’s harmless.
Praise is declaration, a victory cry, proclaiming faith to stand firm in the place God has given you. Praise is a proclamation that the enemy's intent to plunder you will not rock you. Praise declares that you will not be moved by the enemy's attempt to snatch you away.
The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1. 322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26. 911 words. The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson he must do it. Why?" Jefferson asked, as Adams would recount. Reasons enough," Adams said. What can be your reasons?" Reason first: you are a Virginian and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second: I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third: You can write ten times better than I can.
A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia
We live an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create the Declaration. Our Declaration created them. . . . If we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it.
For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people. ' That's what the Declaration of Independence says.
