"My chief reason for choosing Christianity was because the mysteries were incomprehensible. What's the point of revelation if we could figure it out ourselves? If it were wholly comprehensible, then it would just be another philosophy."

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Mortimer Adler

#Philosophy Quotes #Mystery Quotes #Christianity Quotes

“The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.”
“The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 413-15, De Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti Panegyris, CCXCVII, 1922.
“Owen [Suskind], in a sense, grew up on a diet of myth and fable, and has become an expert on their themes, which contain a moral guide that connects people.”
“Each painting has its own way of evolving. When the painting is finished, the subject reveals itself.”

Source : William Baziotes, Michael Preble (1988). “William Baziotes: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1952-1961 : 7 March-31 March, 1984”
“In Russia only those who are loyal to the people in power can become wealthy.”
“The business of living - that's your artwork, and the process of that is finding out who you are, what it all means.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.”
“Death is not a reaper, like they say, nor even a friend. It is a dark, fierce water, an inundation.”

Source : Siobhan Dowd (2015). “Bog Child”, p.189, Random House

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