“The profound originality of a divine-human pact in which both parties complain endlessly about each other has too rarely been acknowledged as such.”
― Jack Miles, quote from God: A Biography
“Lord can restore a covenant with Israel and yet continue”
― Jack Miles, quote from God: A Biography
Jack Miles
Born place: Chicago, Illinois, The United States
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“لو كنا خيّرين تقائياً وموجّهين طبيعياً نحو الخير لما كانت هناك حاجة لوصايا زجرية. لا بل نحن بعيدون كل البعد عن ذلك كما تلاحظ دون شك... إنما وفي أغلب الأوقات, نحن لا نجد صعوبة في معرفة مايجب القيام به من أجل العمل الصالح, لكننا لا نتوقف عن السماح لأنفسنا ببعض الاستثناءات, وذلك لأننا وبكل بساطة نفضل أنفسنا على الآخرين! لهذا السبب يدعونا الواجب الملزم للمزيد من "الضغط على الذات" ولبذل الجهود من أجل الاستمرار في التقدم والتحسن”
― Luc Ferry, quote from A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living
“Just as the victorious United States appropriated the Third Reich’s discoveries in rocket science and the exploration of outer space, the Nazi drug experiments were imported to explore inner worlds.41”
― quote from Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
“Saudades, só portugueses
Conseguem senti-las bem.
Porque têm essa palavra
Para dizer que as têm.”
― Fernando Pessoa, quote from Poems of Fernando Pessoa
“They looked like a pair of cupids who had decided they liked shooting people with real arrows better. They were horrible. I loved them so much.”
― Margaret Rogerson, quote from An Enchantment of Ravens
“In the 1980s, people wanted a fast car. Now they want a good story to tell.”
― James Wallman, quote from Stuffocation: Living More with Less
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