"In my eyes, concepts of theology have only as much value as they are able to interpret experience. It seems to me that we have long reached the point where we theologians only talk to ourselves and debate with our own history of concepts."

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Source : "Wort des Heils, Wort der Heilung". Book by Eugen Drewermann, 1989.

Eugen Drewermann

#Eye Quotes #Long Quotes #Able Quotes

“Because the true perfection of a practical occupation consists not only in knowing the actual performance of the occupation but also in its explanation, why the work is done a in a particular way, and because the art of calculating is a practical occupation, it is clear that it is pertinent to concern oneself with the theory.”
“Don’t believe me, believe your Bible!”
“I keep thinking theyâ€™re gonna call me. I keep thinking theyâ€™re gonna crunch the numbers and think, oh, we can make money with this! And they donâ€™t.”
“When design springs from an understanding of the people who are going to use a product, you begin to see forms that you would never have imagined.”
“It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.”
“and they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions. Within a mile Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a yard at a time. He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up. He felt about as bad as he ever had and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off.”
“When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 460, 1895.
“We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all.”

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