Source: City of Glass
“The Earth's Creation is the glory of God, as seen from the works of Nature by Man alone.”
In the Introitus (Preface) from his late editions.
Original in Latin: "Finis Creationis telluris est gloria Dei ex opere Naturae per Hominem solum"
Variant translation: "The purpose of Creation is the glory of God, as can be seen from the works in nature by man alone."
Systema Naturae
“To the glory of the most high God alone, and that my neighbour may be educated thereby.”
Dem höchsten Gott allein zu Ehren,
Dem Nächsten draus sich zu belehren.
Epigraph to the Orgelbüchlein, cited from Carl Hermann Bitter Johann Sebastian Bach (Berlin: Ferdinand Schneider, 1865), vol. 1, p. 145; translation from Rush Rhees (ed.) Ludwig Wittgenstein: Personal Recollections (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1981), p. 182
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 26; translated by W. K. Marriot
The Purpose of Life, p. 53
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (2002)
Although under a heavy fire for several continuous hours I received only one wound, the breaking of the longest finger of my left hand; but the doctor says the finger may be saved. It was broken about midway between the hand and knuckle, the ball passing on the side next to the forefinger. Had it struck the centre, I should have lost the finger. My horse was wounded, but not killed. Your coat got an ugly wound near the hip, but my servant, who is very handy, has so far repaired it that it doesn't show very much. My preservation was entirely due, as was the glorious victory, to our God, to whom be all the honor, praise, and glory. The battle was the hardest that I have ever been in, but not near so hot in its fire.
Letter to his wife after the First Battle of Bull Run (22 July 1861); as quoted in Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by His Widow Mary Anna Jackson (1895) http://books.google.com/books?id=bG2vg5cH004C, Ch. XI : The First Battle of Manassas, p. 178
“It is a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
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Moralia, Of the Training of Children
“age has its own glory, beauty, and wisdom that belong to it.”
Source: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
As quoted in "Faith of My Fathers" http://www.issues2002.org/Senate/John_McCain_Principles_&_Values.htm (9 November 1999).
1990s
