I am light, now I fly, now I see myself beneath myself, now a god dances through me. (Friedrich Nietzsche [1844–1900], German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture).
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Posted in Atheism, Autonomy, Culture, Imagination, Pantheism on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christopher Moore
Posted in Belief, Discipleship, Faith, Identity, Imagination, Jesus Christ on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You two [Jesus and his friend, Biff] are the ninnies here. You both rail on them [the 12 apostles] about their intelligence, when that doesn’t have anything to do with why they’re here [following Jesus]. Have either one of you heard them preach? I [Mary Magdalene] have. Peter can heal the sick now. I’ve seen [...]
Lauren Winner
Posted in Belief, Faith, God, Imagination, Love, Searching, Spirituality, Worship on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Latin credo means literally, ‘I give my heart.’ The word believe is a problematic one today, in part because it has gradually changed its meaning from being a language of certainty so deep that I could give my heart to it, to the language of uncertainty so shallow that only the ‘credulous’ would rely [...]
James Jordan
Posted in Bible, Creation, Imagery, Imagination, Science, Story on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Bible is not written in terms of modern science or philosophy. To a great extent, the Bible is written in the pregnant language of imagery. (James Jordan, Through New Eyes)
Mikhail Bakunin
Posted in Church, Identity, Imagination, Searching, Skepticism on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy. (Mikhail Bakunin)
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Posted in Baptism, Easter, Gospel, Imagination, Resurrection, Sacraments on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is necessary for us to undergo, by means of water, this preparatory rehearsal of the grace of resurrection, so that we may realize that it is as easy for us to rise again from death as to be baptized with water. (St. Gregory of Nyssa, Late 4th c. Bishop)
Albert Einstein
Posted in Imagination, Knowledge, Rationalism, Reason on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)
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