"Theology is that discipline whereby we stop talking nonsense about God."

-- Herbert McCabe

#Talking Quotes #Discipline Quotes #Nonsense Quotes

“I don't have the time. It would take me too long to go through all of the math.”
“That Amendment requires the state to be a neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and nonbelievers; it does not require the state to be their adversary. State power is no more to be used so as to handicap religions than it is to favor them.”
“The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered cheap, and laughter something for the lower orders. But British aristocrats didn't care a damn about what people thought of them, so they made humour acceptable.”
“The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.”

Source : Anne Carson (2014). “Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay”, p.39, Princeton University Press
“Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.”
“At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos.”
“In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen.”
“As we hang beneath the heavens, and we hover over hell, our hearts become the instruments we learn to play so well.”

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