Source: Diary
“Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity.”
Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian
As quoted in Erasmus of Rotterdam (1934) by Stefan Zweig, Eden Paul, and Cedar Paul, p. 91; also in Erasmus — The Right to Heresy (2008) by Staffan Z. Weig, p. 62
“If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.”
Dallin H. Oaks (1932) Apostle of the LDs Church
Be Not Deceived https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/10/be-not-deceived, Dallin H. Oaks, October 2004
“A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.”
Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.
Quintus Curtius Rufus Roman historian
VI, 4, 13.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book VI
“Be a master everywhere and wherever you stand is your true place. (Translator unsourced.)”
Linji Yixuan Chinese philosopher
<爾且隨處作主。立處皆真。> [T47n1985_p0498a19] from Linji lu (臨濟録, Record of Linji).
Just make yourself master of every situation, and wherever you stand is the true [place]. (Trans: R.F. Sasaki, Ed. T. Kirchner, The Record of Linji).
If you master any situation you are in, wherever you stand, all becomes true. (Trans: Irmgard Schloegl, The Zen Teaching of Rinzai).
“Wherever I went, I was on the wrong end of the stampede.”
Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer
Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Greg Steube (1978) U.S. Representative from Florida
Rep. Greg Steube Rejects Democrat Colleagues’ Dismissal of Scripture:’ It’s Pertinent to the Discussion’ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/02/rep-greg-steube-rejects-democrat-colleagues-dismissal-of-scripture-its-pertinent-to-the-discussion/ (2 March 2021)
