Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 22
... be to you because you fancy you detect in the command , motives of selfishness , of unkindness , almost of tyranny , at least of a vain display of authority to the total disregard of your feelings ! After 22 SELF - WILL .
... be to you because you fancy you detect in the command , motives of selfishness , of unkindness , almost of tyranny , at least of a vain display of authority to the total disregard of your feelings ! After 22 SELF - WILL .
Page 23
... fancy ; you may , indeed , be certain that it is , to a considerable degree , a fancy , and that your judgment and condemnation are founded upon the creations of your own imagination . The danger of indulging such thoughts is not only ...
... fancy ; you may , indeed , be certain that it is , to a considerable degree , a fancy , and that your judgment and condemnation are founded upon the creations of your own imagination . The danger of indulging such thoughts is not only ...
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... fancy an opportunity for its exercise where none really exists . The best test of meekness and lowliness of heart is being slow to imagine offence . It is the tender point that is easily wounded . Pride is sensitive , meanly sensitive ...
... fancy an opportunity for its exercise where none really exists . The best test of meekness and lowliness of heart is being slow to imagine offence . It is the tender point that is easily wounded . Pride is sensitive , meanly sensitive ...
Page 48
... the view taken of your conduct by others , and your daily discipline will then make you doubly unhappy , as you cannot but feel anger towards those who , you fancy , have unfairly exaggerated your fault . • Again 48 PRIDE .
... the view taken of your conduct by others , and your daily discipline will then make you doubly unhappy , as you cannot but feel anger towards those who , you fancy , have unfairly exaggerated your fault . • Again 48 PRIDE .
Page 49
... fancy such trials when they have no real existence . But if you should have just grounds of complaint , why does it cause this extent of unhappiness ? Because pride forms extravagant expectations ; because pride expects that its ...
... fancy such trials when they have no real existence . But if you should have just grounds of complaint , why does it cause this extent of unhappiness ? Because pride forms extravagant expectations ; because pride expects that its ...
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Page 129 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 57 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.