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Quotes by Theologian
"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."
222
"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."
189
"It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first."
186
"In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace."
174
"Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community."
173
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."
164
"Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance."
162
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
157
"We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony."
150
"The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity."
146
"No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do."
145
"We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others."
140
"In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'."
135
"Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and archetypal encounter, which belongs to the conditions of possibility of the appearance of divine love to man."
131
"A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational."
130
"He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love."
130
"The purpose of all war is peace."
108
"The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence."
107
"Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them."
101
"He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today."
95
"The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt."
91
"Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason."
90
"The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity."
87
"For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand."
86
"Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity."
86
"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well."
82
"A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent."
81
"Thus it is necessary to commence from an inescapable duality: the finite is not the infinite."
81
"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone."
81
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
80
"No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief."
78
"Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world."
78
"We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too."
77
"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth."
77
"A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol."
77
"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight."
77
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
76
"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine."
75
"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."
74
"There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God."
74
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."
73
"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."
73
"The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries."
72
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