"All writers of the Chaldaean period associate monotheism in the closest way with unity of worship."

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Source : Julius Wellhausen (2013). “Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article 'Israel' from the Encyclopaedia Britannica”, p.27, Cambridge University Press

Julius Wellhausen

#Unity Quotes #Way Quotes #Worship Quotes

“These memories sustained him, but not so easily. Too often they reminded him of where he was when he last summoned them. They lay on the far side of a great divide in time, as significant as B.C. and A.D. Before prison, before the war, before the sight of a corpse became a banality.”
“suicide is a crime - the only crime that, if successful, guarantees that the perpetrator will not be punished for it. This makes it the most serious crime of all.”
“Genuine recollections almost invariably explain oneself to oneself. Suppose, for example, that you feel an instinctive aversion to some particular kind of wine. Try as you will, you can find no reason for it. Suppose when you explore a previous incarnation, you remember you died by a poisoned administered in a wine of that kind, your aversion is explained by the proverb: 'A burnt child dreads the fire.'”
“It's the craziest thing, but I can't stop thinking about you.”
“Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.”
“Any man, however blase or depraved, finds his love kindled anew when he sees himself threatened by a rival.”
“The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.”
“I just wanna build momentum again. Keeping yourself in work is one thing, keeping yourself in good work's another. But if it doesn't work out, so be it. As the Taoists say, Learn to accept that which you cannot change.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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