"Christ died"--that is history; "Christ died for our sins"--that is doctrine. Without these two elements, joined in an absolutely indissoluble union, there is no Christianity."

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Source : John Gresham Machen (1923). “Christianity and Liberalism”, p.27, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

John Gresham Machen

#Two Quotes #Doctrine Quotes #Elements Quotes

“Sacrifice to the Graces.”
“The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece by piece.”
“I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, 'I'm going to mop the floor with your face.' I said, 'You'll be sorry.' He said, 'Oh, yeah? Why?' I said, 'Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well.'”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness. But Jean Rhys, in her biography, is read as borderline; AnaÃ¯s Nin is borderline; Djuna is borderline; etc. etc. Borderline personality disorder being an overwhelmingly gendered diagnosis. I write in Heroines: â€œThe charges of borderline personality disorder are the same charges against girls writing literature, I realize - too emotional, too impulsive, no boundaries."”

Source : "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Kate Zambreno". Interview with Gina Frangello, therumpus.net. November 18, 2012.
“There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of delirium! Plunged in burning dementia! Art is the most enrapturing orgy within man's reach.. Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn't bore.”

Source : Jean Dubuffet, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (1993). “Jean Dubuffet 1943-1963: paintings, sculptures, assemblages : an exhibition”, Smithsonian Inst Pr
“Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.”
“Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.”
“One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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