Category Archives: Quotes

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Upton Sinclair   ...Cleanse thou me from secret faults. (Psalms 19:12)  [@more@]

If this be reversed, it is not right. On the debate of Predestination, George Whitefield wrote to John Wesley: "...This letter, no doubt, will lose me many friends: and for this cause perhaps God has laid this difficult task upon … Continue reading →

Never Trust those who like to apologize. Never Accept Favors from those who like to ask for favors.  [@more@]

There's an old saying: Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. It is tempting sometimes, to abuse humanity with this.  I find myself challenged by this from time to time. Perhaps the trick is in the flaw of … Continue reading →

Romance of Three Kingdoms (ZhugeLiang/KongMing) 严畯：孔明所言，皆强词夺理，不是正论，诸公不必与其计较。请问孔明先生，制何经典？ 亮：我从不做那种寻章摘句，引经据典的学问，那是迂腐书呆子们的事情，与兴邦立业豪无关系。自古以来的大贤们，也末必冶什么经典？商汤的宰相伊尹，当初不过是个耕地的奴隶。兴周 的姜子牙曾作渭水之渔夫，至于后世张良、陈平等辈，皆有匡扶宇宙之才。也没听说他们冶什么经典呀！可如今书生们张口经典闭口古训，整日忙碌于笔砚之间，我 看这些人恐怕只会数黑论黄，舞文弄墨而已！ 程秉：听公之言口气甚大，末必真有实学。恐天下儒者所笑耳！ 亮： 既然说起儒者，可知道儒者有君子小人之别么？君子之儒，忠君爱国，守公正斥缺恶，既能恩泽于当世，又可流芳于后世。而小人之儒则不同，专攻笔墨文章，只会 雕虫小技；可谓青春作赋，皓首穷经，笔下虽有千言，而胸中实无一策。试看扬雄，才华横溢，修辞作赋名盖一时。然而奸臣王莽篡权，他不顾廉耻，屈膝投降，最 后落得个跳楼自杀的下场！此等小人之儒，就是日赋万言，又有什么可取之处呢？亮知德枢兄乃汝南大儒，也拜读过兄长《周易摘抄》之大作。但愿兄长能做君子大 儒，忠君爱国。切莫仿效杨雄等小人之儒，留下千秋万代之骂名。 [@more@]

罗贯中的诸葛亮： 兵者有可见之兵，有不可见之兵。可见之兵者荷戟执戈，肉身之士；不可见之兵，日月星辰、风云水火、山川之灵气，如此万物万象均可为兵。[@more@]

故天将降大任于是人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，曾益其所不能。 (Mengzhi) 孟子

Well, I finally found the source of this quote of which I first heard from Dr. Stephen Tong's mouth. TABLE TALKS: OF JUSTIFICATION, by Dr. Martin Luther: CCCXIX, 319 I never Work better than when I am inspired by anger; … Continue reading →

Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. -- From <Batman Begins 2005> also, It's not who you are underneath; it's what you do that defines you. What glory is this, if we do not attribute … Continue reading →

Abraham Lincoln once said: No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.[@more@]