Quotes about Foundations

Principles are not conclusions but starting points, principia. When

Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundations and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received.

of all the natural virtues these four are "cardinal," i.e., the hinges ("cardes") on which all other virtues turn, the foundations on which all the other virtues are built.

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

This our European structure, built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity, was formed through, exists by, is consonant to, and will stand only in the mold of, the Catholic Church. Europe will return to the Faith, or she will perish. The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith.

The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.