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Of all modern notions, the worst is this: that domesticity is dull. Inside the home, they say, is dead decorum and routine; outside is adventure and variety. But the truth is that the home is the only place of liberty, the only spot on earth where a man can alter arrangements suddenly, make an experiment or indulge in a whim. The home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

There are four varieties in society; the lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest.

Hippolyte Taine

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.

Igor Stravinsky

Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.

Isaiah Berlin

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

James Bryant Conant

A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.

Jean Paul

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

Jimmy Carter

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.

Johnny Carson

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Petrarch

Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Plato

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Quintilian

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.

Quintilian

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

Samuel Johnson

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

Samuel McChord Crothers

Losers have tons of variety. Champions take pride in just learning to hit the same old boring winners.

Vic Braden

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.

William Cowper

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.

William Shakespeare

1093. Scribe

Ezra 7:6

Illustration

Stephen Stewart and Esther Lense

... was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him." In pagan Greek, the word "scribe," had a variety of meanings, including government secretary, recorder, clerk, and notary. In biblical Greek, however, it had a more specialized meaning, being used to translate the Hebrew word "sopher," a term which had undergone a change in meaning between the days of the Israelite kingdoms and the ...

1094. The Stop-and-Think Chair

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Roy Howard

... . If it were there would be no need for Matthew to record these guidelines for how Christians are to handle offenses when they occur among us. It’s Matthew’s version of the stop-and-think chair. After years of serving the church in a variety of settings and congregations for nearly 25 years, I’ve come to the conclusion that we tolerate a whole lot of bad behavior — what the gospel calls sin — rather than taking the hard way of honest speech aimed at repentance and restoration. This tolerance for ...

1095. Dealing with Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Paul wrote this passage from 1st Thessalonians to a very young congregation of believers. Not young in age. Young in the faith. Many of them had only become Jesus-followers in the past few months. Some of them were Jews; many of them were Gentiles from a variety of religious backgrounds. (2) Paul needed to teach them the basics of the faith. And what could be more basic or more important than the way a Christian views death? It’s not a pleasant subject, but it is an important subject, and I hope you don ...

1096. You're Never Too Old

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... eyed with romance that we don’t think through the implications of the step we are taking. If we did there would be far less divorces. Then there is the risk of having children. There are some people who choose not to have children for a variety of reasons, and that’s fine. But it would be sad if we chose that course simply because we are afraid to risk the hurt and the pain that are inevitable in all important relationships. After all, such relationships also bring great joy. However, Phillipe Petit ...

1097. The Foot-board of the Pulpit and the Floor of the Parlor

Ephesians 3:1-12

Sermon

Ron Love

... of Christ calling him into ministry. But, Paul wrote in our lectionary reading that he is not alone in that calling, but the church is also a part of the call to preach. Paul wrote, “so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.” The church, which would be you and me, is to preach the gospel message. Paul’s message is very simple and easily reflects the dictate, “When there is any difference felt between the ...

1098. The Redemptive Side of Suffering

Hebrews 5:5-10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... not a value widely sought. We certainly do not need to seek suffering, for as we all know it will come our way sooner or later. However, many today are unwilling to journey through the episodes of pain and suffering, whether physical or of another variety, because they find no value in the lessons they might learn. However, a moment of reflection will tell us that most of the important and significant lessons of life have been learned as a result of some form of suffering, whether that be failure, physical ...

1099. Bringing Life to a Party

Luke 24:36b-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... and prison ministry founder Chuck Colson tells of visiting one his mentors, Ken Wessner, a few days before Wessner’s death. Wessner had been a successful businessman, the CEO of the ServiceMaster Corporation. After his retirement, Wessner dedicated his time and energy to a variety of ministries. Now he was dying of kidney cancer. But he wasn’t scared or self-pitying or sad. He had a peace and joy that comforted all those around him. A few days later, Wessner called his close friend Ken Hansen, who was ...

1100. Can You Deny Yourself?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... detective standing over his body. How would you feel if you had a dream like that? It sounds like a bad television show. However, Chuck Lamb felt inspired! Maybe this was a new career path for him. So Lamb convinced his wife to take pictures of him in a variety of poses as a dead body. Then he set up a website DeadBodyGuy.com (which is now defunct, just in case you’re searching for it on your phone right now) to advertise his skills to TV and movie directors. National TV shows like CNN and The Today Show ...

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

There are four varieties in society; the lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest.

Hippolyte Taine

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.

Igor Stravinsky

Isaiah Berlin

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

James Bryant Conant

A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.

Jean Paul

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

Jimmy Carter

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.

Johnny Carson

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

Petrarch

Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Plato

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Quintilian

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.

Quintilian

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

Samuel Johnson

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

Samuel McChord Crothers

Losers have tons of variety. Champions take pride in just learning to hit the same old boring winners.

Vic Braden

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.

William Cowper

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.

William Shakespeare

1093. Scribe

Ezra 7:6

Illustration

Stephen Stewart and Esther Lense

1094. The Stop-and-Think Chair