#banish

The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever from the sacred writings of the Christian church. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#centuries #christian #christian church #christians #church

Is it not true that in ancient times the worst punishment of all was not death, but banishment? ↗

— Jean Said Makdisi

#community #punishment #death

To die, is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her, Is self from self: a deadly banishment! What light is light, if Silvia be not seen? What joy is joy, if Silvia be not by? Unless it be to think that she is by, And feed upon the shadow of perfection. Except I be by Silvia in the night, There is no music in the nightingale; Unless I look on Silvia in the day, There is no day for me to look upon; She is my essence, and I leave to be, If I be not by her fair influence Foster'd, illumin'd, cherish'd, kept alive. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#love #shakespeare #love

You have indeed done much since the new century began to give shape and substance to the growing, the insistent desire that war may be banished from the earth. ↗

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman

#began #century #desire #done #earth

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation. ↗

— Vannevar Bush

#calm #cannot #evaluation #fear #mitigated