"A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power."

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Source : Hans Urs von Balthasar (1993). “Razing the Bastions: On the Church in this Age”, p.18, Ignatius Press

Hans Urs von Balthasar

#Foundation Quotes #Lost Quotes

“They rode out together from the shadows of the trees, leaving the Bala Hissar and the glowing torch of the burning Residency behind them, and spurred away across the flat lands towards the mountains... And it may even be that they found their Kingdom.”
“I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.”
“I have no regrets about my life.”
“There are no limitations, just dreams to be fulfilled.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 16, 2017
“A person who is true to himself likes and loves others for what they are and not what they have.”
“Humans build their societies around consumption of fossil water long buried in the earth, and these societies, being based on temporary resources, face the problem of being temporary themselves.”

Source : Charles Bowden (1977). “Killing the Hidden Waters”, p.7, University of Texas Press
“There's no solutions to prevent corruption because it's the same thing as putting soldiers in an occupation in a foreign territory - there's too much that's gonna go wrong. There's too much human behavior that's going to get in the way. So you're gonna have to start thinking about it in a different direction, and the different direction is: what is wrong with society?”

Source : "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Where is the man, who, if asked to become a slave, would not hurl back the offer indignantly in the teeth of the oppressor?”

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