Sir John Woodroffe famous quotes

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An examination of Indian Vedic doctrines shows that it is in tune with the most advanced scientific and philosophical thought of the West.
-- Sir John Woodroffe

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Western people often see obscenity where there is only symbolism.
-- Sir John Woodroffe

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A Mantra is composed of certain letters arranged in definite sequence of sounds, of which the letters are the representative signs. To produce the designed effect, Mantra must be intoned in the proper way, according to rhythm and sound...a Mantra is a potent compelling force, a word of power.
-- Sir John Woodroffe

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The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful. The surest way to end them is to establish beyond question what should be the purpose and method of a philosophical enquiry. And this is by no means so difficult a task as the history of philosophy would lead one to suppose. For if there are any questions which science leaves it to philosophy to answer, a straightforward process of elimination must lead to their discovery.
Let us say in passing that since (philosophical) remedies are often worse than the malady, our age, in order to be cured of the Plato sickness, has swallowed such doses of a relativist, vaguely skeptical, lightly spiritualist and insipidly moralist medicine, that it is in the process of gently dying, in the small bed of its supposed democratic comfort.
We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.
Is it our task to force the biblical doctrine of God to answer to modern culture, or (is it our task) to address modern culture with the biblical doctrine of God? If modern culture-or any culture-establishes the baseline for the doctrine of God, such a doctrine will certainly bear little resemblance to the God of the Bible.
Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.
Optimist â€“ A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Itâ€™s not only for unanswered questions that we seek knowledge but also for the examination of unquestioned answers.
Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.
Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.
My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.

Sir John Woodroffe famous quotes

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