And tho’ this world, with devils filled,Should threaten to undo us,We will not fear, for God hath willedHis truth to triumph thro’ us Martin Luther

“when the strong and successful are highly rated, they can then be contrasted with those who possess the virtue of phronesis, wisdom, who live sub specie mortis and act with the Last Judgment in mind. When statesmen are praised for having made their people great and powerful, as Themistocles and Pericles had made in Athens,…

“And since in this life there are frequently greater rewards held out to vice than virtue, few would prefer the right to the useful, if they were restrained neither by the fear of God nor the expectation of another life.” -Rene Descartes-

“What a bright light may shine within us when it is really dark outside! How firm, how happy, how calm, how peaceful we may be when the world shakes, and the foundations of the earth are moved!” -Charles Spurgeon-