"What if the primary work of education was the transforming of our imagination rather than the saturation of our intellect?"

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Source : James K. A. Smith (2009). “Desiring the Kingdom (Cultural Liturgies): Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation”, p.18, Baker Academic

James K. A. Smith

#Imagination Quotes #What If Quotes #Saturation Quotes

“I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.”
“We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it is easy to find ourselves aiming for the result rather than the cause. Let us aim for joy, rather than respectability. Let us make fools of ourselves from time to time, and thus see ourselves, for a moment, as the all-wise God sees us.”
“I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“And that's what's beautiful to me, is he did not become a victim of it, and he didn't become a statistic, he just kind of kept on marching through, no matter what people threw at him.”
“We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as a creed which believes in the essential dignity and equality of all men, but as that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.”
“But with trust we can strive to accept even what we cannot understand.”
“As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.”
“Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he?”

Source : Cyrano de Bergerac (2015). “A Voyage to the Moon: Souls Needed for You”, p.12, 谷月社

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