Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art not a Christian (279).
– Richard Baxter
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- How art thou out of breath when thou hast breathTo say to me that thou art out of breath? – William Shakespeare
- It is important to take the seriousness out of things that do not deserve it. Take the seriousness out of it, and the thing loses its power. – SA Tawks
- But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. – Anonymous
- Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor bare, forked animal as thou art. – William Shakespeare
- Thou I cannot so freely say, My heart is with thee, my soul longeth after thee ; yet can I say, I long for such a longing heart (648). – Richard Baxter
- Fear triggers need, need powers sincerity. Sincerity is the required element. – Terry Goodkind
- Gratitude must come from a place of true sincerity to be effective. Without sincerity, the experience is incomplete. – Mensah Oteh
- Joseph moved to prove his sincerity in his vision-they moved ahead to invalidate his sincerity and what they think is his imaginative illusion. – Ikechukwu Joseph
- Thou art but a feeble flower in the garden of the universe, yet thou hath a purpose much greater than thyself. – Raneem Kayyali
- Mist to mist, drops to drops. For water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return. – Kamand Kojouri
- If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ? – Thomas Kempis
- The strongest Christian is unsafe among occasions to sin (519). – Richard Baxter
- Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. – Oscar Wilde
- Serious art is born from serious play. – Julia Cameron
- Humor and seriousness can be an unstable mix. – Richard Brookhiser
- A good Christian needs Jesus. A great Christian needs Jesus. A christian sinner needs Jesus. Pope needs Jesus. – Alin Sav
- Christian pop culture can be worthwhile if done well, but bad Christian pop culture isn’t redeemed merely by the fact that it’s Christian. – Kevin Roose
- Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,Was not spoken of the soul. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?…He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage… – Robert Olmstead
- O, believe, as thou livest, that every sound that is spoken over the round world, which thou oughtest to hear, will vibrate on thine ear! – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- My soule, poore soule thou talkes of things/ Thou knowest not what, my soule hath sliver wings,/ That mounts me up unto the highest heavens. – Thomas Kyd
- Be as thou wast wont to be.See as thou wast wont to see. – William Shakespeare
- Wither thou goest, I will go; thy people shall by my people; where thou diest, will I die, and there I be buried. – Cassandra Clare
- Doubt thou the stars are fire Doubt thou the sun doth moveDoubt truth to be a liar But never doubt I love – William Shakespeare
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- When loneliness is a constant state of being, it harkens back to a childhood wherein neglect and abandonment were the landscape of life. – Alexandra Katehakis
- The land wherein the need to be alone and the need to be around people is dissolved together is a complete anarchy. – Pavitraa Parthasarathy
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- All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children…. – Robertson Davies
- Sin is serious-”so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ. – Billy Graham
- Language is a serious weapon in shining and sharing Truth. It is also a serious weapon used in its distortion. – Suzy Kassem
- Sometimes When You Are Serious, People Thought You Were Joking, But Sometimes When You Are Joking, People Thought You Were Serious – Harry Toh Jun Shen
- If you want to kill serious crime, you have to kill serious criminals! – Andrew Barrett
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