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Jacob Neusner
"A religion shapes the world of its believers by identifying questions that need answers and providing answers that people 'know' to be true. "
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Jacob Neusner
#People Quotes
#Needs Quotes
#Answers Quotes
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“Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters.”
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“You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.”
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“It's easier to get over a lost body than a lost soul.”
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“The problems of this world are so gigantic that some are paralysed by their own uncertainty. Courage and wisdom are needed to reach out above this sense of helplessness. Desire for vengeance against deeds of hatred offers no solution. An eye for an eye makes the world blind. If we wish to choose the other path, we will have to search for ways to break the spiral of animosity. To fight evil one must also recognize one's own responsibility. The values for which we stand must be expressed in the way we think of, and how we deal with, our fellow humans.”
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“For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you're feeling, but also to your pets, to flowers, to what you're reading.”
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“Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.”
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“I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe.”
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“Guardian angels are perhaps the most popular kind, probably because we all know how fragile life can be. We desperately need protection from unexpected circumstances and unseen dangers. Just the thought of good angels hovering around us gives people a feeling of safety!”
Source : Gary Kinnaman (1994). “Angels Dark and Light”
