"The philosopher is not an apologist; apologetic concern, as Karl Barth (the one living theologian of unquestionable genius) has rightly insisted, is the death of serious theologizing, and I would add, equally of serious work in the philosophy of religion."

-- Donald M. MacKinnon

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“In many traditions, the world was sung into being: Aboriginal Australians believe their ancestors did so. In Hindu and Buddhist thought, Om was the seed syllable that created the world.”

Source : "Songs and freedom in West Papua" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2011.
“A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.”
“I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup.”
“We who are members of the Communist Party repudiate the exclusive identification of democracy with capitalism. We declare that democracy can be widened, take on new aspects, become truly a rule of the people, only when it is extended to the economic life of the people, as in the Soviet Union. As far as women are concerned, the U.S.S.R. is a trailblazer for equal rights and equal opportunities.”
“It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient Jews--Micah, Isaiah, and the rest--who took no count whatever of what might not happen to them after death. It is not obvious to me why the same point should not by and by be reached by the Gentiles.”
“Maybe I'm an open book, or maybe love is like a magnifying glass straight into the souls of those who own your heart.”
“I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.”

Source : "Mulroney and Amazing". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. June 2002.
“Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters.”

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