enemies

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a06b84a	"Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. (from "Loving Your Enemies")" --	destruction enemies hate love redemption	Martin Luther King Jr.
d153b23	Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.	care christ christianity christmas clothe enemies feed forgive golden-rule guilty hungry ill inspirational jesus life love motivational naked service unwanted welcome	Steve Maraboli
eebf9f3	Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work. 'The kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing who would ever have been spared' (Luther).	christ christianity cross enemies inspirational love luther	Dietrich Bonhoeffer
2bf74f3	If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.	animal-rights enemies eugenics logic	C.S. Lewis
c15f3d4	Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment.	courage enemies hostage luxury	Orson Scott Card
a3ac654	His mom always said that trust was something you earned. And it wasn't something you gave easy. Too often, it was a tool your enemies used to hurt you with. 'Give them nothing, baby. Not until you have no choice. The world is harsh and it is cold. People can be good and decent, but most of them are only out for themselves and they'll hurt anyone they can'.	enemies nothing trust	Sherrilyn Kenyon
8b59b37	A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.	enemies	Robert Jordan
d3385d3	Some allies are more dangerous than enemies.	enemies war	George R.R. Martin
bb3855b	Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.	bait enemies home strategy war	Sun Tzu
0a18af7	A man who lies about beer makes enemies	enemies	Stephen King
dcb566f	Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away.	enemies friends people	Ellis Peters
ae82988	You have only seen the least of what I can do.	dark elfham enemies faerie jude mysterious prince-cardan	Holly Black
bf4b109	Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.	enemies prohibitions	William Shakespeare
03d1570	Whoever controls the king, controls the kingdom	dangerous dark enemies faerie fiction jude prince-cardan young-adult	Holly Black
a038c3f	Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.	enemies humor watch	C.J. Cherryh
ad4f7c8	Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.	blame desperate enemies friends guilt hate immortality lifeboat loneliness love mental-illness mortality society stranded	Joseph Conrad
8f1034f	As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came a time, as the confrontation with the enemies of our civilization became more acute, when he sent off various applications to enlist in the armed forces. I didn't want to be involved in this decision either way, especially since I was being regularly taunted for not having 'sent' any of my children to fight in the wars of resistance that I supported. (As if I could 'send' anybody, let alone a grown-up and tough and smart young man: what moral imbeciles the 'anti-war' people have become.)	civilisation courage enemies fathers humour iraq iraq-war morality resistance sons war war-on-terror	Christopher Hitchens
07074b7	I've been at some pains to tell you about myself because among other reasons I think we should know who our enemies are. I've known people to spend their lives nursing a hatred of phantoms and they were not happy people.	enemies enemy hatred	Cormac McCarthy
1c4c7d5	Her father had always said that a man could be fairly judged by the quality of his allies and that of his enemies.	enemies judgement quality worthiness	Jim Butcher
36ca362	If the nature of her foes would speak to the credit of Bridget's death, then surely the nature of her allies would speak even more loudly about clearly of her life.	character death enemies foes friends honor honour life	Jim Butcher
3cbf296	"The ideological premise, however, "can" not be defective; it is sacrosanct. ... Whatever does not seem right, whatever does not fit, must be explained by something wrong outside of the ideology; for its perfection is beyond all doubt. In (t)his way the ideology immunizes itself by offering more and more hair-splitting accusations. Betrayal and the dark powers of inner and outer enemies lie in wait everywhere. Theories about conspiracies develop and conveniently hide the absurdity of the premise, necessitating and justifying bloody purges."	enemies ideology sacrosanct	Paul Watzlawick

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"Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. (from "Loving Your Enemies")" --

destruction enemies hate love redemption

Martin Luther King Jr.

d153b23

Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.

care christ christianity christmas clothe enemies feed forgive golden-rule guilty hungry ill inspirational jesus life love motivational naked service unwanted welcome

Steve Maraboli

eebf9f3

Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work. 'The kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing who would ever have been spared' (Luther).

christ christianity cross enemies inspirational love luther

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

2bf74f3

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

animal-rights enemies eugenics logic

C.S. Lewis

c15f3d4

Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment.

courage enemies hostage luxury

Orson Scott Card

a3ac654

His mom always said that trust was something you earned. And it wasn't something you gave easy. Too often, it was a tool your enemies used to hurt you with. 'Give them nothing, baby. Not until you have no choice. The world is harsh and it is cold. People can be good and decent, but most of them are only out for themselves and they'll hurt anyone they can'.

enemies nothing trust

Sherrilyn Kenyon

8b59b37

A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

enemies

Robert Jordan

d3385d3

Some allies are more dangerous than enemies.

enemies war

George R.R. Martin

bb3855b

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

bait enemies home strategy war

Sun Tzu

0a18af7

A man who lies about beer makes enemies

enemies

Stephen King

dcb566f

Only people who're positive enough to have friends have enemies. When you're as glum and morose as he was, people just give up and go away.

enemies friends people

Ellis Peters

ae82988

You have only seen the least of what I can do.

dark elfham enemies faerie jude mysterious prince-cardan

Holly Black

bf4b109

Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.

enemies prohibitions

William Shakespeare

03d1570

Whoever controls the king, controls the kingdom

dangerous dark enemies faerie fiction jude prince-cardan young-adult

Holly Black

a038c3f

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.

enemies humor watch

C.J. Cherryh

ad4f7c8

Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.

blame desperate enemies friends guilt hate immortality lifeboat loneliness love mental-illness mortality society stranded

Joseph Conrad

8f1034f

As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came a time, as the confrontation with the enemies of our civilization became more acute, when he sent off various applications to enlist in the armed forces. I didn't want to be involved in this decision either way, especially since I was being regularly taunted for not having 'sent' any of my children to fight in the wars of resistance that I supported. (As if I could 'send' anybody, let alone a grown-up and tough and smart young man: what moral imbeciles the 'anti-war' people have become.)

civilisation courage enemies fathers humour iraq iraq-war morality resistance sons war war-on-terror

Christopher Hitchens

07074b7

I've been at some pains to tell you about myself because among other reasons I think we should know who our enemies are. I've known people to spend their lives nursing a hatred of phantoms and they were not happy people.

enemies enemy hatred

Cormac McCarthy

1c4c7d5

Her father had always said that a man could be fairly judged by the quality of his allies and that of his enemies.

enemies judgement quality worthiness

Jim Butcher

36ca362

If the nature of her foes would speak to the credit of Bridget's death, then surely the nature of her allies would speak even more loudly about clearly of her life.

character death enemies foes friends honor honour life

Jim Butcher

3cbf296

"The ideological premise, however, "can" not be defective; it is sacrosanct. ... Whatever does not seem right, whatever does not fit, must be explained by something wrong outside of the ideology; for its perfection is beyond all doubt. In (t)his way the ideology immunizes itself by offering more and more hair-splitting accusations. Betrayal and the dark powers of inner and outer enemies lie in wait everywhere. Theories about conspiracies develop and conveniently hide the absurdity of the premise, necessitating and justifying bloody purges."

enemies ideology sacrosanct

Paul Watzlawick