A Quote by Max Lucado

Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist.

Max Lucado

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Arsonist Fire Raging Revenge

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Max Lucado
American - Priest
Born: January 11, 1955

Resentment is when you allow what’s eating you to eat you up. Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist. Bitterness is the trap that snares the hunter. And mercy is the choice that can set them all free.

Max Lucado

The inner master, when confronted with an obstacle, uses it as fuel, like a fire which consumes things that are thrown into it. A small lamp would be snuffed out, but a big fire will engulf what is thrown at it and burn hotter; it consumes the obstacle and uses it to reach a higher level.

Marcus Aurelius

Time is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.

Jorge Luis Borges

I always had a pretty serious fascination with fire. Luckily I'm not an arsonist!

Janet Varney

A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.

Fred Ross

We now know that a neo-conservative is an arsonist who sets the house on fire and six years later boasts that no one can put it out.

Bill Moyers

Simply coming to the perpetrator and delivering the message is Nozick's definition of revenge. And in that sense, Adi is exacting revenge. When people ask, "Does Adi want revenge?" - they mean violent revenge. But in Nozick's formulation, it is revenge. That is the essence of revenge.

Errol Morris

Fire consumes, but cold preserves.

George R. R. Martin

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

Henri Frederic Amiel

A fire can't burn forever. Eventually, it consumes itself.

Jodi Picoult

Most people think that an enlightened Buddhist Teacher is a fireman; His job is to put the fire out so that you can live in your home safely. But seeker beware! A fully enlightened Buddhist teacher is an arsonist! His job is to set your spirit on fire...by feeding the flames of your soul with love.