#divine

Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#divine #nothing #reason

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#divine #duties #our #recognition #religion

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. ↗

— Irving R. Kaufman

#come #contain #costume #could #designer

When you read any great mystery, recorded in holy Writ, you are to prostrate your Reason to Divine Revelation. ↗

— Thomas Ken

#divine #great #holy #mystery #prostrate

Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our "accepting" and "willing" are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God. ↗

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

#actions #always #choice #conquest #determination

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. ↗

— Giorgio Vasari

#beautiful #creation #divine #first #god

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it--because we need it. I'm sure you felt much better after forgiving your son. ↗

— Bree Despain

#dark-divine #forgiveness #pastor #forgiveness

You know some religious scholars believe that when faced with overwhelming temptation you should commit a small sin just to relieve the pressure a bit. ↗

— Bree Despain

#dark-divine #forgiveness #sin #forgiveness

The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#dwells #grow #spark #thee

The real difference between God and human beings, he thought, was that God cannot stand continuance. No sooner has he created a season of a year, or a time of the day, than he wishes for something quite different, and sweeps it all away. No sooner was one a young man, and happy at that, than the nature of things would rush one into marriage, martyrdom or old age. And human beings cleave to the existing state of things. All their lives they are striving to hold the moment fast....Their art itself is nothing but the attempt to catch by all means the one particular moment, one light, the momentary beauty of one woman or one flower, and make it everlasting. ↗

— Karen Blixen

#human-and-divine #age