"Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; itâ€™s the ability to manipulate concepts."

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Leslie Lamport

#Thinking Quotes #Language Quotes #Ability Quotes

“What a fearfully distracting, perplexing and heart-searching business it is to live.”
“If Christians could be trained to provide solid evidence for what they believe and good answers to unbelieversâ€™ questions and objections, then the perception of Christians would slowly change. Christians would be seen as thoughtful people to be taken seriously rather than as emotional fanatics or buffoons. The gospel would be a real alternative for people to embrace.”

Source : William Lane Craig (2010). “On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision”, p.18, David C Cook
“The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman.”
“A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.”

Source : Tahir Shah (2013). “In Search of King Solomon's Mines, paperback edition”, p.101, Lulu.com
“This capacity for oversignifying, for reading in, is precisely what poets tap into, both in their own practice and in the poem the give to the reader; and in doing so they turn language against its own project of conceptual division, and use it to heal itself - and in the process - paradoxically - to articulate new concepts that it can't yet accommodate.”
“Self government is no less essential to the development, growth, and happiness of the individual than to the nation.”
“The love of God invades me, the peace of God pervades me, the will of God persuades me, and I am wholly His.”
“Without a plan, it doesn't matter which way you're going.”

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