"The Gospels were not thought of as works of literature. People were not concerned with the literary reputation of Matthew or Mark, but with the substance of their records of our Lord's life. They did not have to respect their actual words, as they would if they were transcribing the works of Thucydides or Plato."

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Source : "The Story Of The Bible" by Frederic G. Kenyon. Ch. X, The Position Today, p. 135, 1949.

Frederic G. Kenyon

#Plato Quotes #People Quotes #Substance Quotes

“A lot of making TV is lightening in a bottle.”
“The Yogic sages say that all the pain of a human life is caused by words, as is all the joy. We create words to define our experience and those words bring attendant emotions that jerk us around like dogs on a leash. We get seduced by our own mantras (I'm a failure I'm lonely I'm a failure I'm lonely) and we become monuments to them. To stop talking for a while, then, is to attempt to strip away the power of words, to stop choking ourselves with words, to liberate ourselves from our suffocating mantras.”
“The beginning is always so fine!! But decay soon follows. A degeneration into the tired old situation. The rot sets in ... there is only the beauty of the start!”

Source : "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac". Comic book series by Jhonen Vasquez, August 1995 – January 1997.
“With an eco-mind, we get ready for surprises, for we realize it's just not possible to know what's possible.”
“For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I'm really excited about.”
“I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning.”
“From the end of the bar, the bartender threw a sidelong look at him, so Clarence pulled out a broken Bluetooth headset and fixed it to his ear. "I learned this trick while traveling with Mikey," Clarence told Nick. "Makes my brand of crazy the same as everyone else's.”
“[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.”

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