John Taylor Quotes on Man (5 Quotes)

Wal-Mart wants to cut out the banks and become the middle man, so that they profit from the cash that flows in and out of Wal-Mart... and then go build more Wal-Marts.

We are here for the purpose of redeeming and regenerating the earth on which we live, and God has placed his authority and his counsels here upon the earth for that purpose, that men may learn to do the will of God on the earth as it is done in heaven. This is the object of our existence.

If a man were poor or hungry, some would say, let us pray for him. I would suggest a little different regimen for a person in this condition rather take him a bag of flour and a little beef or pork, and a little sugar and butter. A few such comforts will do him more good than your prayers. And I would be ashamed to ask the Lord to do something that I would not do myself. Then go to work and help the poor yourselves first, and do all you can for them, and then call upon God to do the balance.

Ive concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress our genius only because we havent yet figured out how to manage a population of educated men and women. The solution, I think, is simple and glorious. Let them manage themselves.

It is necessary men should be tried and purged and purified and made perfect through suffering.