knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith
“knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith”
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knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith
“knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith”
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“knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith”
“Explosions are not comfortable.”
“This is how it happens: the sun flies slower and slower, until it hangs suspended, motionless. And everything is locked, imbedded for eternity in greenish glass.”
“But clouds bellied out in the sultry heat, the sky cracked open with a crimson gash, spewed flame-and the ancient forest began to smoke. By morning there was a mass of booming, fiery tongues, a hissing, crashing, howling all around, half the sky black with smoke, and the bloodied sun just barely visible.”
“Don't forget that we lawyers, we're a higher breed of intellect, and so it's our privilege to lie. It's as clear as day. Animals can't even imagine lying: if you were to find yourself among some wild islanders, they too would only speak the truth until they learned about European culture.”
“Don’t allow sinners who hurt you to keep you from the Savior who longs to heal you.”
“Christianity is a religion that celebrates interconnected diversity and values differences. It is those in power who have resisted diversity and difference and prostituted Christianity for their own personal gain.”
“But before examining this point [the third Meditation: 'the Existence of God'] more carefully and investigating other truths which may be derived from it, I should like to pause here and spend some time in the contemplation of God; to reflect on his attributes, and to gaze with wonder and adoration on the beauty of this immense light, so far as the eye of my darkened intellect can bear it. For just as we believe through faith that the supreme happiness of the next life consists solely in the contemplation of the divine majesty, so experience tells us that this same contemplation, albeit much less perfect, enables us to know the greatest joy of which we are capable of in this life.”
“By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.”
“Freedom is the gift HE brought us, but to step into freedom you must recognize that those beautiful bracelets are in fact chains & that shiny, new necklace is only a painted over yoke.”
“I ask you: what did people—from their very infancy—pray for, dream about, long for? They longed for someone to tell them, once and for all, the meaning of happiness, and then to bind them to it with a chain.”