Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so read more

We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought
That one might almost say her body thought.
- Dr. John Donne,

Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage read more

Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.

The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.

The essence of worldliness is exclusion of God.

Everything is not gold that one sees shining.
[Fr., Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire.]

Everything is not gold that one sees shining.
[Fr., Que tout n'est pas or c'on voit luire.]

Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.

Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.

Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.

Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no
knight.

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.

All that glisters is not gold.

All that glisters is not gold.