"I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit: I was able to refute them for myself and loathe them even more."

-- Eusebius

#Teaching Quotes #Writing Quotes #Soul Quotes

“A community of people, that's the really what art school is.”
“Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.”
“It's an old saying that one still has to know something, despite everything.”

Source : Halldór Laxness (2005). “Under the Glacier”, Vintage Books
“A liar is always lavish of oaths.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Le Menteur, III. 5, p. 485-87, 1922.
“It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.”

Source : In Observer 17 Aug. 1986
“If the Bible is only human lore, and not divine truth, then we have no real answer to those who say, Let's pick the best out of all religions and blend it all into Pan-Deism - one world religion with one god made out of many.”

Source : "Our Bible: The Most Critical Issue". www.teachingtheword.org. 1991.
“I'm just a normal kid who lives to play baseball. I'm living my dream.”
“My first degree was in mathematics. That was great, but it didn't help with many of the things that puzzled me. I became a philosopher because I wanted to understand everything, especially those things that didn't make sense. And that has continued to be my philosophical motivation. That's one reason I have such a roving philosophical eye - once I have figured out a philosophical topic to my satisfaction, I find myself moving on to new problems.”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

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