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- Nov 07, 2020
Furnace Quotes
Fire and heat as symbols of trial and transformation
Furnace imagery appears here as a metaphor for testing and purification, whether through prayer, hardship, or personal drive. This mirrors themes in our affliction quotes collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to see heroes who fuel some kind of moral furnace inside them, who are driven to take on the evils of the world, despite the fact that the evils of the world are more powerful than them. And essentially can never be defeated, but they refuse to bow down. And in order to enjoy that aspect of the hero, you've got to put them through hell.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our real work is prayer. What good is the cold iron of our frantic little efforts unless first we heat it in the furnace of our prayer? Only heat will diffuse heat.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.
- Individuals
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- Nov 07, 2020
The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020