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Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't read more
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls read more
If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers.
I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.
I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.
The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious read more
The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious and cunning prehuman creature that is still within us, sealed in the subconscious cellars of the psyche.
Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for read more
Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for authentication ("theories"), ideas not derived from any systematic process ("visions"), ideas which could not survive any reasonable authentication process ("illusions"), ideas which exempt themselves from any authentication process ("myths"), ideas which have already passed authentication processes ("facts"), as well as ideas known to have failed- or certain to fail- such processes ("falsehoods" - both mistakes and lies).
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after.
Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after.
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.