"The legendary missionary journey of St. Paul, which led to the foundation of the British church, presupposes the existence of a Jewish community - always the initial object of his propaganda - even before the capture of Jerusalem by Titus in the year 70."

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Source : "A History of the Jews in England". Book by Cecil Roth, 3rd edition, p. 1, 1964.

Cecil Roth

#Journey Quotes #Years Quotes #Community Quotes

“Clavo saca clavo. Nothing sacas nothing, you reply. No one will ever be like her.”
“The sandy cat by the Farmer's chair Mews at his knee for dainty fare; Old Rover in his moss-greened house Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse. In the dewy fields the cattle lie Chewing the cud 'neath a fading sky; Dobbin at manger pulls his hay: Gone is another summer's day.”
“On the Way of the Cross, you see, my children, only the first step is painful. Our greatest cross is the fear of crosses. . . We have not the courage to carry our cross, and we are very much mistaken; for, whatever we do, the cross holds us tight - we cannot escape from it. What, then, have we to lose? Why not love our crosses, and make use of them to take us to heaven?”
“Spirituality is a brave search for the truth about existence, fearlessly peering into the mysterious nature of life.”
“It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but merely being kept alive against one's will.”

Source : Malcolm Cowley (1980). “The view from 80”, Viking Pr
“Art is awkward until technique has become an unconscious habit.”
“The more successful you become, the more the demands of your ego will increase. In the beginning, you simply want to succeed, but your ego will not be satisfied. When you become a little more successful your ego wants to kill your competition. And when you become even more successful, it wants to make you the universal king. There's no telling what ego wants because our desire doesn't have any limit; therefore, its demands continually increase.”
“We cannot hope to bring about effective change unless we are willing to BE changed.”

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