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Pope Dionysius

"I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see, so as to know, unseeing and unknowing, that which lies beyond all vision and knowledge. For this would be really to see and to know: to praise the Transcendent One in a transcending way... We would be like sculptors who set out to carve a statue. They remove every obstacle to the pure view of the hidden image, and simply by the act of clearing aside they show up the beauty which is hidden."

-- Pope Dionysius

#Christian Quotes #Lying Quotes #Sight Quotes

“The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.”

Source : Meridel Le Sueur, Elaine Hedges (1990). “Ripening: Selected Work”, p.66, Feminist Press at CUNY
“Women forget all the things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget.”
“What I have learned from the teachers with whom I have worked is that, just as there is no simple solution to the arms race, there is no simple answer to how to work with children in the classroom. It is a matter of being present as a whole person, with your own thoughts and feelings, and of accepting children as whole people, with their own thoughts and feelings. It's a matter of working very hard to find out what those thoughts and feelings are, as a starting point for developing a view of a world in which people are as much concerned about other people security as they are about their own”

Source : Eleanor Ruth Duckworth (2006). “"The Having of Wonderful Ideas" and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning”
“History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.”
“The discrepancy between what was expected and what has been observed has grown over the years, and we're straining harder and harder to fill the gap.”
“I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the Bible had ever been shown to be a rich source of scientific answers and enlightenment, we would be mining it daily for cosmic discovery.”
“Courage becomes a worthwhile and meaningful virtue when it is regarded not so much as a willingness to die manfully but as a determination to live decently.”
“If you're a Brit you kinda get used to people being cold and aloof and just generally arrogant - particularly musicians. (Compared to Londoners New Yorkers are a walk in the park!)”

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