#ible

There is no valid reason for the perennial Christian preference of biography, history, and the newspaper to fiction and poetry. The former tell us what happened, while literature tells us what happens. The example of the Bible, which is central to any attempt to formulate a Christian approach to literature, sanctions the imagination as a valid form of truth. The Bible is in large part a work of imagination. Its most customary way of expressing truth is not the sermon or the theological outline, but the story, the poem, and the vision--all of them literary forms and products of the imagination (though not necessarily the fictional imagination). Literary conventions are present in the Bible from start to finish, even in the most historically factual parts. ↗

— Leland Ryken

#faith

I need to hear the words of this book—its truth, forgiveness, hope—as much as anybody.” Nathaniel looked up with an apologetic smile. “I know I’m no great orator. But I ask you to bear with me as I fumble through this new duty. ↗

— Julie Klassen

#fairbourne-hall #nathaniel-upchurchiel #forgiveness

Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#avoided #been #characteristic #giving #his

I was in love once, and it was terrible. ↗

— Gloria Trevi

#love #once #terrible

Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#broadest #contribution #engaged #enrichment #human

I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

#had #hairdo #high #high school #i

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud. ↗

— George Santayana

#change #conception #consumption #currency #daily

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

#go #heaven #heavens #shows #way

I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#always #conscious #conscious effort #effort #i

There are a few very small incompatible changes - I really doubt most people will ever run into them. ↗

— Stephen Wolfram

#doubt #ever #few #i #incompatible