"The motive that impels modern reason to know must be described as the desire to conquer and dominate. For the Greek philosophers and the Fathers of the church, knowing meant something different: it meant knowing in wonder. By knowing or perceiving one participates in the life of the other. Here knowing does not transform the counterpart into the property of the knower; the knower does not appropriate what he knows. On the contrary, he is transformed through sympathy, becoming a participant in what he perceives."

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Source : "The Dance Between God and Humanity: Reading the Bible Today as the People of God". Book by Bruce K. Waltke, 2013.

JÃ¼rgen Moltmann

#Father Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Greek Quotes

“The devil has convinced so many people that they are worthless. Each of us needs to stop and remember the cross-at the cross we will discover our true value-for it is here that we discover the price God was willing to pay for us, the depth of His love, and how much we are worth to Him.”
“Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.”
“As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.”
“Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people.”
“The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.”

Source : Interview with Alan Hall, www.scientificamerican.com. June 23, 1997.
“Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night.”
“I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.”

Source : Alice Walker (2013). “The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker”, p.298, The New Press
“The more we preach hatred, division and putting up a wall, the less we progress.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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