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Bacon, Francis.

God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.: IN: Davies, Paul. God and the New Physics. (PK263, ), p. 190.; ATHEISM; GOD; MIRACLES; 19850426

Bain, George.

Duty to art is partly religion to such artists who will deliberately set aside all that they had previously valued in search of the change that must exist to allow art to live.: Celtic Art (1973, 1951, PK256), p. 17.; ART—DEVELOPMENT; ARTISTS—CHANGE; CHANGES; LIFE; 19890828

Barfield, Owen.

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I mean the conclusion, the irrefragable consensus, that what we perceive is structurally inseparable from what we think.: History, Guilt, and Habit (PK306, Wesleyan U.P., 1981), p. 14.; PERCEPTION; SUBJECTIVITY; THOUGHT; 19840610

And common sense today assumes that it is the outer world that is real and permanent, while the inner experience we call consciousness, or subjectivity, or our own or our self, is a fleeting unreality to which it somehow gives birth from time to time.: History, Guilt, and Habit (PK306, Wesleyan U.P., 1981), p. 47.; COMMON SENSE, MODERN; CONSCIOUSNESS; PHYSICAL WORLD; REALITY; 19840611

...the common sense of / today is not something that is valid for all time, but something that has evolved from a common sense that was qualitatively different from it.: History, Guilt, and Habit (PK306, Wesleyan U.P., 1981), pp. 47-8.; COMMON SENSE, MODERN; COMMON SENSE - EVOLUTION; 19840611

Consciousness is not a tiny bit of the world stuck onto the rest of it. It is the inside of the whole world; or, if we are using the term in its stricter sense—excluding therefore the subconscious mind—then it is part of the inside of the whole world.: History, Guilt, and Habit (PK306, Wesleyan U.P., 1981), p. 68; CONSCIOUSNESS; REALITY; WORLD; 19840600

And a collective state of mind, which perceives all things and no images, may thus fairly be characterized as idolatry.: History, Guilt, and Habit (PK306, Wesleyan U.P., 1981), p. 70.; IDOLATRY; IMAGES; MINDS; PERCEPTION; 19840612

Of course, not many people actually think of themselves as in prison. They only feel it. They feel it because virtually everything that is thought or written today, from science to literature and criticism, from sociology to aesthetics, from theology to politics and in politics from extreme right to extreme left, is thought and written within the wall of that prison.: History, Guilt, and Habit (PK306, Wesleyan U.P., 1981), p. 72.; AESTHETICS; ISOLATION, SOCIETAL; POLITICS; PRISONS; SCIENCE; THINKING; 19840612

But one way or another, what matters is our coming to realize that the way we habitually think and perceive is not the only possible way, not even a way that has been going on very long. It is the way we have come to think, the way we have come to perceive.: History, Guilt, and Habit (PK306, Wesleyan U.P., 1981), p. 74.; MENTAL HABITS; MIND; PERCEPTION; THINKING; 19840612

Imagination is really thinking with a bit of will in it.: History, Guilt, and Habit (PK306, Wesleyan U.P., 1981), p. 80.; IMAGINATION; THINKING; WILL POWER; 19840612

Barfield, continued:

...'hypotheses' in the strict sense of the word, that is, assumptions made for the purpose of a particular argument and by the same token not posited as true.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), p. 49.; HYPOTHESES - DEFINITIONS; 19840704

It was not simply a new theory of the nature of the celestial movements that was feared, but / a new theory of the nature of theory; namely, that, if a hypothesis saves all the appearances, it is identical with truth.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), pp. 50 -1.; SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, THE; THEORY - DEFINITIONS; TRUTH; 19840704

Geometry, applied to motion, produces the machine.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), p. 51.; GEOMETRY; MACHINES; MOTION; 19840704

The whole basis of epistemology from Aristotle to Aquinas assumed participation....We can either conclude that this persistent assumption was a piece of elaborate self-deception, which just happened to last...from the beginnings of human thought down to the fifteenth or sixteenth century A.D., or we can assume that there really was participation. I should find the second hypothesis the less fantastic of the two, even if it were not necessary, on other and quite unhistorical grounds,...to accept participation as the permanent ground of our collective representations.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), p. 97.; ARCHETYPES; AQUINAS; ARISTOTLE; PARTICIPATION; SYMBOLS; 19840715

There is no 'science of sciences'; no unity of knowledge. There is only an accelerating increase in that pigeon-holed knowledge by individuals of more and more about les and less, which, if persisted in indefinitely, can only lead mankind to a sort of 'idiocy' (in the original sense of the word)—a state of affairs, in which fewer and fewer representations will be collective, and more and more will be private, with the result that there will in the end be no means of communication between one intelligence and another.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), p. 145.; COMMUNICATION, SCHOLARLY; KNOWLEDGE, SPECIALIZATION OF; SCIENCES; 19840718

But I think it is true to say that, just as by looking back through the Greek mind, we bring to life the apprehension of form in space as an image or representation, so, by looking back through the Jewish mind, we bring to life the apprehension of form in time—that is, of events them/selves, as images, whether of the past or future, or of a state of mind.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), pp. 150-1.; FORMS; GREEK MIND; JEWISH MIND; SPACE; TIME; 19840719

And the besetting sin to-day [sic] is the sin of literalness, or idolatry.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), p. 162.; IDOLATRY; LITERALNESS; SINS, BESETTING; 19840719

What is peculiar to Christianity is the nexus which that acknowledges between the Second Person of the Trinity and a certain historical event in time. For the Christian, accordingly, religion can never be simply the direct relation between his individual soul and the eternal Trinity. As long as we ourselves are occupying a standpoint in time, so long, interposed between the First and Third Persons, all history, in a manner, lies.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), p. 165.; TRINITY; CHRISTIANITY; HISTORY; 19840719

Not to realize to the uttermost the otherness of God from ourselves is to deny the Father. But equally, not to strive to realize the sameness—to renege from the Supreme / Identity—is to deny the Holy Spirit.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), pp. 165-6.; GOD THE FATHER; HOLY SPIRIT; IDENTITY; MAN; 19840719

To idolatry an event is either historical or symbolical. It cannot be both.: Saving the Appearances (UoL, 1960), p. 168.; EVENTS; HISTORY; IDOLATRY; SYMBOLS; TIME; 19840719

Barkway, Lumsden.

If this world is to be saved it can only be by the intrusion of another world into it—a world of higher truth and greater reality than that which is now submerged by the overwhelming disharmonies and sufferings of the present time.: "Introduction,"; In: The Collected Papers of Evelyn Underhill. (FIUGL, Longmans, Green, 1946), p. 18.; DISHARMONIES; REALITY; SALVATION; SUFFERING; TRUTH; 120040822

Barth, Karl.

I repeat: God is not against us, he is for us...the Savior is no kill-joy.: Deliverance to the Captives(19??), p. 90.; in: (PG252), p. 74.; GOD; JOY; SAVIOR; 198???

Any Christian who wishes to live responsibly must read two things: the Bible and the daily newspaper—and never one without the other!: Karl Barth: How I Changed My Mind(19??), p. 12.; in: (PB252), p. 19.; BIBLE; CHRISTIANS - LIFESTYLES; NEWSPAPERS; 198???

To clasp hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.: Prayer(19??), n.p.; in: "Reflections", Christianity Today (March 5, 1990), p. 29.; CHAOS; PRAYER; REVOLT; 19900302

Conversation takes place when one party has something new and interesting to say to the other.... One must say something engaging and original, something with an element of mystery. The Church must sound strange to the world if it is not to be dull.: Karl Barth's Table Talk, p. 19.; (PB252, p. 7).; CHURCH; CONVERSATION; DULLNESS; ORIGINALITY; n.d.

Barton, Joan.

There is no such thing as 'everything is on the internet.' When you say that to a librarian, they're too polite to say so, but their first thought is 'I'm dealing with an idiot.': Times Colonist (May 17, 2007) n.p.; in: "Canadians Defend Legisilative Library," American Libraries, May, 2007. P. 23.; IDIOTS; INTERNET; LIBRARIANS; POLITENESS; 20070517

Baudrillard, Jean.

We live amid the interminable reproduction of ideals, phantasies, images and dreams which are now behind us, yet which we must continue to reproduce in a sort of inescapable indifference.: The Transparency of Evil (1993, PP357), p. 4.; EXPERIENCE; INDIFFERENCE; MODERNISM—IDEALS; 20000322

What such machines offer is the spectacle of thought, and in manipulating them people devote themselves more to the spectacle of thought than to thought itself.: The Transparency of Evil (1993, PP357), p. 51.; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTERS; THOUGHT; 20000402

And if these [internal immunological defenses] are indeed faltering, it is because the irreversible process often referred to as progress tends to strip the human body and mind of their systems of initiative and defense, reassigning these functions to technical artifacts.: The Transparency of Evil (1993, PP357), p. 60.; DEFENSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INITIATIVE; PROGRESS; 20000406

No morality or guilt is implied, however: the principle of Evil is simply synonymous with the principle of reversal, with the turns of fate.: The Transparency of Evil (1993, PP357), p. 65.; EVIL—DEFINITIONS; REVERSAL; FATE; 20000406

Of course we still have the power to destroy him [Ayatollah Khomeini], but on the symbolic level he is the victor, and the symbolic power is always superior to the power of arms and money.: The Transparency of Evil (1993, PP357), p. 83.; MILITARY POWER; MONEY; POWER—FINANCIAL; SYMBOLISM (POWER); 20000418

The paradox of Robert Faurisson's thesis may seem repugnant—and indeed, it is repugnant in its historical claim that the gas chambers never existed—but at the same time it is a perfect reflection of a whole culture: here is the dead end of a Fin de siècle so mesmerized by the horror of the century's origins that forgetting is an impossibility for it, and the only way out is denial.: The Transparency of Evil (1993, PP357), p. 92.; DENIAL; GAS CHAMBERS; REVISIONISM; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20000425

Our society is entirely dedicated to neutralizing otherness, to destroying the other as a natural point of reference in a vast flood of aseptic communication and iteraction, of illusory exchange and contact.: The Transparency of Evil (1993, PP357), p. 121.; FIN DE SIECLE SOCIETY; ILLUSION; OTHERNESS; SOCIETY; 20000504

Beane, Wendell C.

In the final analysis myth is a "living" testimony not only to its capacity to be ritually reenacted as a presentation of sacred human convictions; but, also, in terms of method, it points to the necessity of leaving room for the itnerpretations of the transcendental milieu of myth as uniquely the essence of religion.: (Describing Mircea Eliade's approach to myth); "Understanding Mircea Eliade as Historian of Religions,"; In: Beame, Wendell C., and Doty, William G., eds. Myths, Rites, Symbols. (PK045, ) Vol. 1, p. xxviii.; MYTH; 19841100

Beeching, Jack.

Terrorism as a system of government reacts upon the morale of those who use it.: The Galleys at Lepanto. (HK202, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983), p. 241.; GOVERNMENT, SYSTEMS OF; MORALE; TERRORISM; 19830500

Beer, Robert.

Ideas are easy to come by, they spring affortlessly out of the vacuity of the mind and cost nothing. When they are held and projected onto one's self or others they become a project. When the project is enacted it becomes the work, and when the work is completed it appears to be self-existent. Creation is the process of form manifesting from emptiness, where that which arises from the mind comes into existence. Yet the distance between conception and realisation may be enormous, as vast as the distance between stars.: The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs. (FIUGRef, Shambala, 1999), p. xii.; COMPLETION; CONCEPTION; CREATIVITY; EMPTINESS; FORM, FORMS, OR SHAPES; IDEAS; PROJECTS; SELF-EXISTENCE; WORK; 20080326

Beer, Stafford.

In today's society, this mode of thinking [appeal to authority] is possibly the most important in fixing belief; it is the will of the institution.... Charles Pierce put the naive point of view with some charm: 'When complete agreement could not otherwise be reached, a general massacre of all who have not thought in a certain way has proved a very effective means of settling opinion.': Decision and Control (1966), p. 22.; AUTHORITY; APPEAL TO AUTHORITY; BELIEF; OPINION; 19840100

To deny a man existence {by ignoring him] is the ultimate form or censorship.: Decision and Control (1966), p. 25.; CENSORSHIP; HUMAN DIGNITY; IGNORING; 19840100

Some authors suffer cruelly in the public esteem: for instance Aristotle, and those who write government reports. People go around saying that their writings are stuffy and irrelevant. Such people do not actually read these authors (because they are stuffy and irrelevant).: Decision and Control (1966), p. 69.; AUTHORS; ARISTOTLE;GOVERNMENT REPORTS; WRITING; 19840100

Operational research is the attack of modern science on complex problems arising in the direction and management of large systems of men, machines, materials and money in industry, business, government and defense. Its distinctive approach is to develope a scientific model of the system, incorporating measurement of factors such as chance and risk, with which to predict and compare the outcomes of alternative decisions, strategies or controls. The purpose is to help management determine its policy and actions scientifically.: Statement of the Operational Research Society of Great Britain,; In: Beer, Stafford. Decision and Control (1966), p. 92.; DECISIONS; MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH - DEFINITIONS; POLICY MAKING; SCIENCE; SYSTEMS; 19840100

Bender, David R.

In an address at the SLA Annual Conference in June, Mead Data Central President Rod Everhart also emphasized teamwork. He said that because of their added responsibilities, special librarians are evolving from information providers into information coaches.: "Wave Our Magic Wands", Information Today (Nov., 1993), p. 11.; LIBRARIANS - ROLES; TRAINING; INFORMATION; 19931118

As Peter Drucker stated, quality in a service is not what you put into it, it's what the client gets out of it. Our ultimate objectives is to convert data into information and then convert that information into knowledge that will benefit our employers.: "Wave Our Magic Wands", Information Today (Nov., 1993), p. 12.; LIBRARIANS - ROLES; DATA; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; 19931118

Benford, Gregory.

...taste comes only with age and is perhaps its only reward, though some call the same thing wisdom.: "Down the River Road,"; In: Greenberg, Martin H. After the King (PP330, TOR, 1992), p. 448.; AGE; TASTES; WISDOM; 20021201

Beowulf (Anonymous Anglo-Saxon).

Death is better for every man than life with shame.: "Beowulf," 2890;; In: Lewis, C. S. The Abolition of Man (PH171), p. 119.; DEATH; SHAME; n.d.

Berdyaev, Nicolas.

The process which takes its rise in the substances of the world and their rearrangement is evolution. The process which arises from the internal force of substances, from their personal originality, is creativity.: The Meaning of the Creative Act (1916), p. 135.; in: Lowrie, D. A., Christian Existentialism (FIU 1965), p. 49.; CHANGE; CREATIVITY; EVOLUTION; 19901209

Berdyaev, continued:

In the typical Russian two elements are always in in opposition—the primitive natural paganism of boundless Russia, and an Orthodox asceticism received from Byzantium, a reaching out towards the other world.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 8.; CHRISTIANITY—RUSSIAN ORTHODOX; PAGANISM; RUSSIA; RUSSIANS; 20020924

It was the Monk Filofei who expounded the doctrine of Moscow as the Third Rome.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 10.; CHRISTIANITY—RUSSIAN ORTHODOX; ROMAN EMPIRE; RUSSIA;; 20020924

Psychologically, Russian orthodoxy is wholeness, totalitarianism;....: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 28.; ORTHODOXY—RUSSIA; TOTALITARIANISM; WHOLENESS; 20020925

In Belinsky there was the characteristically Russian search for an integral outlook which will give an answer to all the questions of life, unite the theoretical and practical reason, and give a philosophical basis to the social ideal.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 38.; BELINSKY; HOLISM; RUSSIAN IDEAL; 20020926

Berdyaev, continued:

In the earliest origins of Russian atheism there lay a lofty human feeling which reaches exaltation. But in the final result, in militant godlessness when it came to power, Russian communism replaced the human feeling by its opposite.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 42.; ATHEISM—RUSSIA; COMMUNISM—RUSSIA; HUMAN VALUES; 20020926

The typical Russian cannot go on doubting for very long; his inclination is to make a dogma for himself fairly quickly, and to surrender himself to that dogma whole-heartedly and entirely.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 47.; BELIEFS; DOGMA; DOUBTS; RUSSIANS; 20020926

There was nothing skeptical in Russian materialism; it was a faith.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 47.; BELIEFS, RELIGIOUS; FAITH; MATERIALISM—RUSSIA; 20020926

To the Russian mind what was important was not one's attitude to the principle of property, but one's attitude to the living man. And that, of course, was the Christian position.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 60.; CHRISTIAN VALUES; HUMAN WORTH; PROPERTY; RUSSIA; VALUE; 20020928

If the idea of the sacred anointing of authority was charactersitic of the Russian, so also was the idea that all authority is evil and sinful....The ideal future was always represented as stateless. The State is the hateful present.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 65.; AUTHORITY—RUSSIA; GOVERNMENT—RUSSIA; STATE, THE; 20020928

Berdyaev, continued:

He [Doestoyevsky] disliked and chided the revolutionary intelligentsia, especially because he foresaw the denial of freedom of the spirit as the final result of the ideas of a revolution which was based on godlessness.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 87.; DOESTOYEVSKY; FREEDOM—SPIRITUAL; GODLESSNESS; REVOLUTIONS; RUSSIA; 20020930

The mission of the proletariat is an article of faith. Marxism is not only a science and politics; it is also a faith, a religion. And upon this its strength is based.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 100.; FAITH; MARXISM—RELIGION; PROLETARIAT; RELIGION; 20020930

The Russian people having emerged from the period of being rooted in the soil, and living under its mystical domination, entered upon a technical period in which it believed in the almighty power of the machine, and by the force of ancient instinct began to treat the machine like a totem.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 124.; COMMUNIST REVOLUTION - RUSSIA; GODS; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - RUSSIA; MACHINES; RUSSIA; SOVIET UNION - VALUES; 20021015

Berdyaev, continued:

Lenin says this frankly. The dictatorship of the proletariat will mean cruel violence and inequality.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 127.; COMMUNIST REVOLUTION - VALUES; DICTATORSHI9P OF THE PROLETARIATE; LENIN, VLADIMIR ILICH; 20021015

Soviet Russia is a country of state capitalism which is capable of exploitation no less than private capitalism.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 128.; CAPITALISM - SOVIET UNION; EXPLOITATION; SOVIET UNION - STATE CAPITALISM; 20021015

Revolution is irrational; it is a sign of the dominance of irrational forces in history....The organizers of a revolution always desire to rationalize the irrational element in revolution, but all the same, they are its instruments.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 129.; IRRATIONALITY; RATIONALISM; REVOLUTION - DEFINITIONS; 20021017

In our sinful, evil world an uninterrupted progressive development is impossible.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 130.; EVIL; PROGRESS; SINFUL; 20021017

Berdyaev, continued:

Christianity is historical; it is the revelation of God in history and not in nature; it recognizes a menaing in history; but at the same time, Christianity could never find room for itself in history; it always passes judgement upon the injustices of history; it does not allow optimistic views about history. For that reason history must come to an end, must be judged by God, because in history the justice of Christ is not made a fact.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 131.; APOCALYPSE; CHRIST - JUSTICE; CHRISTIANITY - DEFINITIONS; GOD'S JUDGEMENT; HISTORY; JUSTICE; NATURE; 20021017

Revolution is a small apocalypse of history, judgement with history. Revolution is like death; it is a passing through death which is the unavoidable consequence of sin.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 131.; APOCALYPSES; REVOLUTION - DEFINITIONS; SIN - CONSEQUENCES; 20021017

And revolutions in Christian history have always been a judgement upon historical Christianity, upon Christians, upon their betrayal of the Christian covenant, upon their distortion of Christianity....[Revolution] is a challenge to Christians and a reminder that they have not made justice a fact of experience.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 132.; CHRISTIANS; CHRISTIANITY; JUDGEMENT; JUSTICE; REVOLUTIONS; 20021017

Dialectic can be inherent in thought and spirit, not in matter. Dialectic materialism is compelled to believe in a Logos of matter itself, in a Meaning revealed in the development of material productive forces, that is to say, in the rationality of irrational processes.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 150.; DIALECTIC MATERIALISM; IRRATIONALITY; LOGOS; MEANING; 20021019

Berdyaev, continued:

Life is absorbed not in the struggle for one's own personal existence but in the reconstruction of the world. So freedom is understood not as liberty of choice, not as liberty to turn to the right or to the left, but as the active changing of the world, as an act accomplished not by the individual but by the social man, after the choice has been made....Only that sort of freedom, freedom of the collective construction of life in the general direction of the communist party, is recognized in Soviet Russia; and it is precisely this freedom which is actual and revolutionary.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 152.; COMMUNISM - FREEDOMS; FREEDOM - DEFINITIONS; INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS; SOVIET UNION - FREEDOMS; 20021019

The militant anti-spiritual materialism of communism is a phenomenon of spirit, not of matter. It is a false orientation of spirit.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 153.; COMMUNISIM; MATERIALISM; SPIRIT; 20021019

The communist régime is extreme etatism. In it the state is totalitarian, absolute, and demands an enforced unity of thought.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 158.; COMMUNISM; THOUGHT CONTROL; TOTALITARIAN STATES; 20021023

Communism...wants to be a religion itself, to take the place of Christianity. It professes to answer the religious questions of the human sour and to give a meaning to life....No scientific, purely intellectual theory can be so intolerant and fanatical, and communism is exclusing as a religious faith is.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 158.; COMMUNISM - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS; FAITH; INTOLERANCE; LIFE - MEANING; RELIGIONS; 20021023

Berdyaev, continued:

But with all Lenin's hatred of religion he was opposed to the policy which would thrust the religious question to the fore and regard the fight against religion as an independent problem, distinct from the revolutionary class struggle.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 162.; LENIN, V.I. - RELIGION; CLASS STRUGGLE - RELIGION; 20021023

In its very make-up and in the spiritual struction of its adepts, the communist party is something in the nature of an atheist sect, a religious atheist sect which has got the Government into its hands.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 167.; ATHEISM - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS; COMMUNISM - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS; 20021024

From the time of Constantine the Church has not so much mastered the kingdom of Cæsar as been subjected to it.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 174.; CHRISTIANITY - GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; CHURCH & STATE; 20021024

Class inequality ought to be overcome in human society, but personal inequality would come out all the stronger for that. Man should be distinguished from man by his personal quality not by his social position, his class or his property.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 179.; EQUALITY; INEQUALITY - CLASS; INEQUALITY - PERSONAL; INEQUALITY - WEALTH; 20021024

In any case, the fact is decisive that the first attempt to realize communism on Marxist soil which we see in Russia also regards man as a function of economics and also dehumanizes human life as the capitalist régime does. Therefore, no such revolution in world history as Marx and Engels hoped for has taken place.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), p. 182.; COMMUNISM - RUSSIA; DEHUMANIZATION; MARXISM; REVOLUTIONS, MARXIST; 20021024

The spirit of communism, the religion of communism, the / philosophy of communism, are both anti-Christian and anti-humanist.: The Origin of Russian Communism (FIU, 1960, 1948, 1937), pp. 184-5.; CHRISTIANITY; COMMUNISM - RELGIOUS ASPECT; HUMANISM; 20021024

Berdyaev, continued:

We must deliberately discard the prejudice, that personal and subjective modes of thought restrict the individual and make it impossible for him to affirm his place in the universe or to commune with the divine world. The very contrary is true: objective and impersonal modes of thought are the greatest obstacle to the individual's emergence from his self-confinement and to his communion with the universe. It would be a mistake to confound the personal mode of apprehension with egocentricity, which is a form of perpetual self-imprisonment leading eventually to insanity.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 28.; EOCENTRICITY; OBJECTIVITY; SUBJECTIVITY; 19901102

The 'general' category, which is usually opposed to the individual and the particular categories, is a false one and should be discarded forthwith....The universal principle itself is not a 'general', but an individual one. Thus God is universal but not general; He is also individual. The 'general' principle is a compromise, an error, which has reached the stage of apophatic knowledge—of knowledge in the process of discarding all notions and determinations, all finality.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 33.; CATEGORIES; GENERALIZATION; INDIVIDUALS; UNIVERSALS; 19901100

Berdyaev, continued:

The concept is only related to the object; therefore...the inner existence of primary Being can only be / apprehended through the imagination, the symbols and the myth.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 55-56.; IMAGINATION; MYTHS; PHILOSOPHY; SYMBOLS; 19901100

The stages of its [ego's] development are as follows: firstly, the undifferentiated unity of the Ego with the universe; secondly, the dualist opposition of the Ego and the non-Ego; thirdly and finally, the achievement of the concrete union of every Ego with the Thou, a union which preserves plurality in a transfigured form.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 88.; COMMUNITY; EGO - DEVELOPMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; UNION; 19901112

The Ego may, therefore, be defined as the conswtant unity underlying all change, as the extra-temporal centre that can only be defined in terms of itself. But while the Ego's variations can be determined objectively, its essence cannot be thus determined. It is self-determining; it determines itsself from within when responding actively to all extermal influences.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 89.; EGO - DEFINITIONS; PSYCHOLOGY - OBJECTIVITY; SELF IDENTITY; 19901100

Berdyaev, continued:

Participation is something real; it is the penetration of primary reality. Communicaiton, on the other hand, is for the most part symbolic; it makes use of symbolism or of exterior signs to denote an interior reality. The symbolism of communication is that part of the inner life which transpires into the objective and disintergrated world.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p.110.; COMMUNICATION; PARTICIPATION; SIGNS; SYMBOLS; 19901108

In reality, change is not brought about by time, but time by change. Time exists because there is activity,....: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 129.; ACTIVITY; CHANGE; TIME; 19901118

Objectivity is the product of objective processes and not, as is commonly believed, a given external reality.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 130.; BELIEFS, COMMON; OBJECTIVITY; REALITY; 19901118

Berdyaev, continued:

Creative activity therefore should concentrate not on the future with its implied fear, anxiety and determinis, but on eternity. Its motions is inverse to time's acceleration, which is the product of technology and of the nostalfia inseparable from passively emotional acceptance of mortal time. It is, on the contrary, a sign of spiritual victory.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 137.; CREATIVITY - -VISION;ETERNITY;FUTURE;TECHNOLOGY;TIME - ACCELERATION DUE TO TECHNOLOGY; 19901118

What we fear in the future is not the act but the object, not what we can create but what we may have to endure. The future may inspire us with either hope or fear.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938), p. 156.; FUTURE - FEAR OF; FEAR; HOPE; ENDURANCE; 19901118

The personality is totalitarian, for it integrates the spirity, the soul and the body. The body is an integral part / of the personality; it has its place not only in ther material, but also in the cognitive sphere.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), pp. 160-1.; BODY; PERSONALITY—UNITY; SELF; SOUL; SPIRIT; 19901118

Berdyaev, continued:

The essential character of the personality lies not so much in its teleology, as in its power to achieve an antinomian blend of freedom with predestination when working out a troubled destiny.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 164.; DESTIN; FREEDOM; PERSONALITY; PREDESTINATION; 19901119

The philosophy of human exist/ence is a Christian, a theandric philosophy. Truth is its supreme criterion. But truth is not an objective state, nor can it be apprehended like an object. Truth implies above all man's spiritual activity. Its apprehension depends on the degree of community between men, on their communion in the spirit.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), pp. 202-3.; COMMUNION - SPIRITUAL; EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY; TRUTH - OBJECTIVITY; 19901120

The essential character of the personality lies not so muchin its teleology, as in its power to achieve an antinomian blend of freedom and predestination when working out a troubled destiny.: Solitude and Society (FAU, 1938, 1976), p. 164.; DESTINY; PERSONALITY; FREEDOM; PREDESTINATION; 19901100

Bester, Alfred.

Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place And death 's my desitination. Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place, The stars my destination.: The Stars My Destination,; In: Boucher, Anthony. A Treasury of Great Science Fiction (H#017), vol. 2, pp. 366, 521.; DESTINATION; DESTINY; FATALISM; HOPE; 19690000

But I'm not a robot. I'm a freak of the universe...a thinking animal...and I'm trying to see my way clear through this morass.: The Stars My Destination,; In: Boucher, Anthony. A Treasury of Great Science Fiction (H#017), vol. 2, p.516.; FREAKS; FREE WILL; MAN - HOMO SAPIEN; MORASS; ROBOTS; THINKING; 19841119

Bhattacharyya, Narenda Nath.

The beliefs and ideals of different civilizations are often formulated in their rituals more explicitly than in any other cultural trait, and this gives to the study of ritualism a deeper historical significance.: Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Contents. (FIUGL, Curzon Pr., 1975), p. vii.; BELIEFS; CULTURES; IDEALS; RITUALS; 20070714

The qualification for admission into the adult group is not birth, but rebirth.: Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Contents. (FIUGL, Curzon Pr., 1975), p. x.; ADULTHOOD - QUALIFICATIONS; BIRTHS; PUBERTY RITUALS; REBIRTHS; 20070714

All rituals are symbols of earlier social realities. The mimic cow raid is therefore an illusory technique, founded on the primitive magical notion that by creating the illusion one can actually control the reality.: Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Contents. (FIUGL, Curzon Pr., 1975), p. 29.; COW RAIDS; ILLUSIONS; MAGIC - TECHNIQUES; REALITY, CONTROL OF; RITUALS - DEFINITIONS; SYMBOLS; SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS; 20070726

It is ritual that generates and sustains myth.: Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Contents. (FIUGL, Curzon Pr., 1975), p. 102.; MYTHS - ORIGINS; RITUALS; SUSTENANCE; 20070904

Evidently these ideas, especially the idea of death and rebirth in every turning point of an individual's life, contributed to the growth of the concepts of Karma, transmigration of the soul, metempsychosis, and so on.: Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Contents. (FIUGL, Curzon Pr., 1975), p. 114.; DEATH; INITIATION RITUALS; KARMA; LIFE STAGES; METEMPSYCHOSIS; REBIRTH; TRANSMIGRATION; 20070719

BIBLE (In order of the books in the AV.)

TRANSLATION VERSION NOTES:

CB= The Complete Bible an American Translation; Goodspeed translation (NT).

Grail= The Psalms, A New Translation

MLB = Modern Language Bible/Berkeley Version

NIV = New International Version

NEB = New English Bible

arranged means I used the translation indicated but have arranged the lines either to give emphasis to a literary form not always apparent in the English translation, or to treat as poetry that which the translation treats as prose.

Bible: Deuteronomy

Hear, O Israel, the LORD is our God, one LORD, and you must love the LORD your God with all your heart and soul and strength.: Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (NEB); GOD; ISRAEL; SHEMA; 1977000

Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.: Deuteronomy 9:6 (NIV); GOD'S GRACE; ISRAEL; RIGHTEOUSNESS; STUBBORNNESS; 19830600

Bible: I Samuel

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. [Samuel speaking to the Israelites who wanted a king.]: I Samuel 12: 23 (NIV).; POLITICAL OPPOSITION; PRAYER; 19831000

From evildoers come evil deeds.: I Samuel 24:13b (NIV).; DEEDS, EVIL; GOOD & EVIL; PROVERBS - ISRAEL; 19831000

When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed?: I Samuel 24:19a (NIV).; ENEMIES; HARM; MERCY; 19831000

Bible: Nehemiah

Thus the Levites were able to quiet all the people saying, "Cease weeping, for the day is holy; do not grieve." Then all the people departed to eat and drink and send portions, to enjoy a real celebration because they had understood what had been explained to them.: Nehemiah 8: 11-12 (MLB); CELEBRATIONS; UNDERSTANDING; 19770000

Bible: Job

Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.: Job 6: 24 (NIV).; CORRECTION; ERRORS; 19831200

Men at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.: Job 12: 5 (NIV).; AFFLUENCY; MISFORTUNATES; 19850701

Bible: Psalms:

Blessed is the man Who does not walk in the counsel fo the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.: Psalm 1:1-3.; BLESSINGS; GOOD & EVIL; LAW; MOCKING; PROSPERITY; TREES; WICKEDNESS; 19740000

For though there be a moment in his wrath, there is a lifetime in his favor. Weeping may lodge with us at evening, but in the morning there is a shout of joy.: Psalm 30:5 (CB:AT).; ANGER; FAVOR; GOD'S PRESENCE; JOY; WEEPING; 19840412

Bible: Psalms: David (attributed)

Then keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn aside from evil and do good; seek and strive after peace.: Psalm 34: 13-14. (Grail).; DECEIT; EVIL; GOOD; PEACE; 19780000

The Lord is close to the broken-hearted those whose spirit is crushed he will save: Psalm 34: 18 (Grail).; SADNESS; 19780000

Evil brings death to the wicked; those who hate the good are doomed. The LORD ransoms the souls of his servants Those who hide in him shall not be condemned.: Psalm 34: 21-22 (Grail).; DOOM; GOD; GOOD & EVIL; 19780000

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.: Psalm 42: 11 (RSV).; HOPE; 19730000

He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God.: Psalm 50: 23 (NIV); HONOR; OFFERINGS, THANKS; SACRIFICES; SALVATION; THANKS GIVING; 20070505

Confuse the wicked, O LORD, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. Day and night they prowl on its walls; malice and abuse are within it. Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.: Psalm 59:9-11 (NIV).; CITIES; EVIL; STREETS;VIOLENCE; 20010415

One thing has God said; Two things are those that I have heard: That power belongs to God; And kindness, O LORD , is thine; For thou dost requite a man according to his work.: Psalm 62: 11-12 (CB); GOD - CHARACTER; JUDGEMENT; KINDNESS; MAN; POWER; 19840530

Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance.: Psalm 82: 8 (NIV); GOD'S HEIRS; NATIONS; 20050301

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.: Psalm 90:12 (NIV); COUNTING; DAYS; WISDOM; 19810000

The LORD will fulfill [his purpose] for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.: Psalm 138: 8 (NIV); FAITH; GOD'S WILL; LOVE; 19840100

O LORD, what is man that you care for him, the son of man that you think of him? Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.: Psalm 144: 3-4 (NIV); BREATH; GOD'S LOVE; LIFE - BREVITY; MAN; SHADOWS; 19840100

Bible: Psalms: Heman the Ezrahite (attributed)

You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.: Psalm 88:18 (MLB).; COMPANIONSHIP; DARKNESS; LONELINESS; 198311

Bible: Psalms: Korah, sons of (attributed)

Man with all his pomp but without insight is like the animals that perish.: Psalm 49:20 (MLB).; ANIMALS; BRUTISHNESS; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMANS; INSIGHTS; MORTALITY; WEALTH; 19960209

Bible: Proverbs

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.: Proverbs 3:3-4 (NIV); FAITHFULNESS; LOVE; 19880921

There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for those who promote peace.: Proverbs 12:20 (NIV); DECEIT; EVIL; JOY; PEACEMAKERS; 19830700

The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but The LORD tests the heart.: Proverbs 17: 3 (NIV); CRUCIBLE; FURNACE; GOLD; HEARTS; INTENTIONS; MAN; PURITY; SILVER; 19870611

He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.: Proverbs 17: 5 (NIV); ATTITUDES; DISASTERS; GLOATING; GOD, CONTEMPT FOR; POOR, CONTEMPT FOR THE; 19880929

Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.: Proverbs 18: 12 (NIV); DOWNFALLS; HONOR; HUMILITY; PRIDE; 19871212

It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, Nor to be hasty and miss the way.: Proverbs 19: 2 (NIV); HASTE; KNOWLEDGE; ZEAL; 19830700

A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.: Proverbs 19: 11 (NIV); GLORY; MERCY; OFFENSES; PATIENCE; WISDOM; 19830700

Many are the plans in a man's heart but it is The LORD's purpose that prevails.: Proverbs 19: 21 (NIV); GOD'S WILL; MAN; PLANS; 19881004

Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did.": Proverbs 24: 29 (NIV); FORGIVENESS; REVENGE; 19830800

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.: Proverbs 25: 2 (NIV); GLORY; GOD; KINGS; MYSTERIOUS THINGS; NATURE; RESEARCH; 19881004

Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.: Proverbs 25:30 (NIV); ENCOURAGEMENT; SADNESS; 19881004

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.: Proverbs 26:4-5 (NIV); FOOLS; 19881004

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.: Proverbs 27:17 (NIV); IMPROVEMENTS; IRON; MAN; SHARPENING; 19840412

To show partiality is not good; But for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.: Proverbs 28: 21 (NIV); BREAD; MOTIVES; PARTIALITY; RIGHT & WRONG; 19730000

He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.: Proverbs 28:27 (RSV); CHARITY; CURSING & CURSES; GIVING; POOR PEOPLE; 19740000

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.: Proverbs 29:7 (NIV); GOOD & EVIL; JUSTICE; POOR PEOPLE; 19830800

Bible: Ecclesiastes

I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; Power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.: Ecclesiastes 4:1b (NIV).; OPPRESSED; OPPRESSORS; COMFORTERS; 20001123

The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?: Ecclesiastes 6: 11 (NIV).; MENAING; VERBOSITY; WORDS; 19830800

Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you— for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.: Ecclesiastes 7: 21-22 (NIV).; CONDEMNING OTHERS; GOSSIP; JUDGING OTHERS; n.d.

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a man's misery weighs heavily upon him.: Ecclesiastes 8: 6 (NIV).; MISERY; PROCEDURES, APPROPRIATE; PROPER; TIME (KAIROS); 19830300

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.: Ecclesiastes 8: 11 (NIV).; CRIMES; JUSTICE; PENOLOGY; SENTENCING (COURT); 19881014

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth—his eyes not seeing sleep day or night—then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover it meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.: Ecclesiastes 8:16 (NIV).; EXPERTS; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR; UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE; WISDOM; 19830300

Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!: Ecclesiastes 9:4 (NIV).; DOGS; HOPE; LIFE; LIONS; 19830300

The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.: Ecclesiastes 9:11b (NIV).; BATTLES; CHANCE; FAVOR; FOOD; LEARNING; RACES; STRENGTH; SPEED; TIME (CHRONOS); TIME (KAIROS); WEALTH; WISDOM; 198303

If a ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest.: Ecclesiastes 10:4 (NIV).; ANGER; CALMNESS; MISTAKES; 19881014

Bible: Isaiah

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.: Isaiah 5:8 (NIV).; ACCUMULATION; ALONE; FIELDS; GREED; HOUSES; OWNERSHIP; REAL ESTATE; WEALTH; 19841112

The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no once understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.: Isaiah 57: 1-2 (NIV).; DEATH; GOOD PEOPLE - DEATHS; PEACE; RIGHTEOUS - DEATHS; 19950213

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him, creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them. But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. There is no peace," say my God,"for the wicked.": Isaiah 57: 18-21 (NIV).; FORGIVENESS; HEALING; PEACE; EVIL; 19950213

For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its god. They ask me for just decsions and seem eager for God to come near them. 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, andyou have not noticed?' Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.: Isaiah 58: 2-4 (NIV).; EMPLOYEES; EXPLOITATION; FASTING; RELIGION; VIOLENCE; WORSHIP, FALSE; 19860506

Bible: Jeremiah

A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land; The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?: Jeremiah 5: 30-31 (NIV).; APOSTASY; AUTHORITY (RELIGION); PREACHERS; PRIESTS; PROPHETS - FALSE; RELIGIOUS PEOPLE; 19880701

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.: Jeremiah 17: 14 (NIV).; FAITH; HEALING; PRAISE; SALVATION; 19840606

How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave.: Lamentations 1:1 (NIV).; CITIES; DESTRUCTION; EXILE; GREATNESS; JERUSALEM; 19870715

Bible: Ezekiel

Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?: Ezekiel 14:3 (NIV).; ATTITUDES; GOD'S WILL; IDOLS; LOYALTY; 19890831

Bible: Hosea

My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowlede, I also reject you as my priests; because you have rejected the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.: Hosea 4:6 (NIV).; IGNORANCE; KNOWLEDGE; PEOPLE OF GOD; PRIESTS; 19840524

Israel cries out to me "O our God, we acknowledge you!" But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.: Hosea 8:2-3 (NIV).; HYPOCRISY, RELIGIOUS; 19840524

They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.: Hosea 8:7 (NIV).; CAUSE & EFFECT; FLOUR; FUTILITY; WHIRLWINDS; 19881219

Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired man a maniac.: Hosea 9: 7b (NIV).; FOOLS; GENIUS; HOSTILITY; INSANITY; PERSECUTION; PROPHETS; SIN; 19840524

Bible: Joel

And every one who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls.: Joel 2:32 (NIV).; CHOICE; FOREKNOWLEDGE; FREE WILL; PREDESTINATION; SALVATION; 20040519

Bible: Nahum

You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away.: Nahum 3:16 (NIV).; BUSINESS; GREED; LOYALTY; MERCHANTS; 19890205

Bible: Micah

They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.: Micah 4:3c-e (NIV).; MILITARY TRAINING; NATIONS; PEACE PLOWSHARES; PRUNING HOOKS; SPEARS; SWORDS; WAR; 20041107

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though your are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.: Micah 5:3(NIV).; BETHLEHEM; ISRAEL; JUDAH; MESSIANIC PASSAGES; 20041112

But for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.: Micah 7: 7 (NIV).; GOD; HOPE; 19840703

Bible: Zechariah

This is what The LORD Almighty says: Administer true justice; Show mercy and Compassion to one another. Do not opress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.: Zechariah 7:9-10..; GOD; HOPE; 19800000

Bible: Matthew (The Gospel according to Matthew).

"You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a [miraculous] sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah." Jesus then left them and went away.: [As indicated in a note, the word, miraculous, is an interpolation into the English by the translators. It is not part of the scripture. Brackets are mine.]; Matthew 16:3b-4 (NIV).; GENERATIONS; INTERPRETATIONS; JONAH; MIRACLES; SIGNS; SKIES; TIME (KAIROS); 19851003

"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, "Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.: Matthew 24:26-29 (NIV).; DESERTS; INNER ROOMS; JESUS THE CHRIST - SECOND COMING; LIGHTNING; MESSIAHS, FALSE; SON OF MAN; SECOND COMING; VULTURES; 20050222

Bible: Luke (The Gospel according to Luke).

But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.: Luke 6:27-28 (NIV, arranged).; CHRISTIAN LOVE; CURSES; ENEMIES; HATE; MISTREATMENT; 19830800

Bible: John (The Gospel according to John).

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart!&nbps; I have overcome the world.: John 16:33 (NIV).; JESUS THE CHRIST, PROMISES OF; PEACE; TROUBLES; WORLD, THE; 19870924

Bible: Paul of Tarsus

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgement on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgement do the same things. Now we know that God's judgement against those who do such things is based on tryth. So when you, a mere man, pass judgement on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgement? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?: Romans 2:1-4 (NIV); CONDEMNATION; GOD'S MERCY; JUDGEMENT; KINDNESS; REPENTANCE; TOLERANCE; 19860713

God "will give to each person according to what he has done."^a To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.: Romans 2: 6-8 (NIV); ^a: Pslam 62:12; Prov. 24:12; ANGER; ETERNAL LIFE; EVIL; GLORY; GOOD; HONOR; IMMORTALITY; REWARDS; SELF-SEEKING; TRUTH; WRATH; 19770000

Therefore, I urge you, bothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—which is your spiritual worship. Don't conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.: Romans 12: 1-2 (NIV); BODIES, HUMAN; GOD'S WILL; MINDS; PATTERNS; RENEWALS; SACRIFICES; TRANSFORMATIONS; WORSHIP; 19860802

The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.: Romans 14:3-4 (NIV); TOLERANCE; CHOICES - JUDGEMENT; 19940322

For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live of die, we belong to the Lord.: Romans 14:7-8 (NIV); ALONE; CHRISTIANS - LIFESTYLES; DYING; LIVING; MAN - SOCIAL ASPECTS; 19850630

'Do not go beyond what is written.': 1 Corinthians 4:6b (NIV); AUTHORITY; BIBLE - INTERPRETATION; INTERPRETATIONS; 19870729

I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.: 1 Corinthians 4:3-5a (NIV); GUILT; INNOCENCE; JUDGEMENT; 19890115

So the man who thinks he stands must be on his guard against a fall.: 1 Corinthians 10:12 (CB); FALLING; CONFIDENT, OVER; SELF-CONFIDENCE; STANDING; 19840100

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.: 2 Corinthians 3: 6 (NIV); HOLY SPIRIT; LETTER OF THE LAW; LIFE; LITERALNESS; MINISTERS; 19880126-

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.: 2 Corinthians 3:17(NEB); FREEDOM; HOLY SPIRIT; SPIRIT; 19861225

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing clory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.: 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NIV); CHRISTIANS; FREEDOM; HOLY SPIRIT; JESUS, LIKENESS OF; TRANSFORMATIONS; 19861225

Godly sorrow brings repentance thrat leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.: 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 (NIV); DEATH; INNOCENCE; JUSTICE; REGRET; REPENTANCE; SADNESS; 19861227

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as does the world. The weapons we fight with are not physical weapons. On the contrary, they are Godly power to demolish strengths. We purge/purify rationales and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.: 2 Corinthians 10: 3-5 (Morris); CHRISTIANS - WEAPONRY; KNOWLEDGE; OBEDIENCE; PHYSICAL VS SPIRITUAL; STRENGTHS; THOUGHTS; WARFARE, SPIRITUAL; WEAPONS; 19880911

...what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.: 2 Corinthians 10:11b (NEB); CONSISTENCY; 19730000

But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.... It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be buildt up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.: Ephesians 4:7, 11-13.; CHRIST'S GIFTS; CHURCH LEADERS; FAITH - UNITY; GRACE; MATURITY, CHRISTIAN; WORKS, CHRISTIAN; 198?????

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.: Ephesians 4:29 (NIV); SPEECH; TALK; GOSSIP; ENCOURAGEMENT; 19890525

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.: Colossians 3: 12-14 (NIV); COMPASSION; FORGIVENESS; GENTLENESS; HUMILITY; KINDNESS; LOVE; PATIENCE; UNITY; VIRTUES - CHRISTIANITY; 19870112

Finally, bothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—concentrate on such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the peace of God will be with you.: Philippians 4: 8-9 (NIV, with modifications); CONCENTRATION; EXCELLENCE; MANTRAS; PRACTICES (DEEDS); PURITY; RIGHTNESS; ROLE MODELS; THOUGHTS; TRUTH; 19881226

We know that the law is good if a man uses it properly. We also know that law is made not for good men fut for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.: I Timothy 1;8-11 (NIV); LAW; 19831100

Keep reminding them about these things. Warn them before God about quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen.: II Timothy 2: 14 (NIV); DISPUTES, THEOLOGICAL; QUARRELS; THEOLOGY; WORDS; 19870905

To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not belief, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and their consciences are corrupted.: Titus 1:15 (NIV); BELIEF;CONSCIENCE; CORRUPTION; DISBELIEF; PURITY; 19831100

Bible: Letter to the Hebrews (Author unknow).

Because by one sacrifice he [Jesus Christ] has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.: Hebrews 10:14 (NIV).; CHRISTIAN HOLINESS; JESUS CHRIST - SACRIFICE; PERFECTION; SALVATION; 19870208

These were all commended for their faith, yet non of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.: Hebrews 11: 39-40 (NIV).; FAITH; GRATIFICATION, DELAYED; PERFECTION; PROMISES; 20050730

Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.: Hebrews 12:3 (NIV).; ENDURANCE; JESUS THE CHRIST; OPPOSITION; PERSECUTION; WEARINESS; 19800000

Bible: James.

Mercy triumphs over judgement!: James 2:13b (NIV).; JUDGEMENT; MERCY; 19870123

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.: James 3: 17-18; CONSIDERATION; IMPARTIALITY; MERCY; PEACEMAKERS; PURITY; RIGHTEOUSNESS; SINCERITY; SUBMISSION; WISDOM; 19810000

Bible: Peter.

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.: I Peter 2:16 (NIV).; COVERUPS; EVIL; FREEDOM - BIBLICAL; SERVANTS; n.d.

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.: I Peter 4:8 (NIV).; LOVE; SIN; 19870214

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith, goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perserverance; and to perserverance, godliness; and to godliness, philadelphia; and to brotherly love, agapé. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.: II Peter 1:5-8 (NIV, arranged and with Greek interpolations).; CHRISTIAN CHARACTERISTICS; LOVE; VIRTUES - CHRISTIAN; 19870217

Bible: John (The Epistles).

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.: I John 2:9-10 (NIV).; LOVE; HATE; 19870219

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded him.: I John 2:11 (NIV).; BLINDNESS; HATE; 19890810

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.: I John 3:14(NIV).; LIFE & DEATH.; LOVE; 19870223

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.: III John 11(NIV).; CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLES; GOD; GOOD & EVIL; METHODS; ROLE MODELS; 19840813

Biedermann, Hans.

When we talk about symbols and symbolism, we usually reveal one of two very different attitudes toward them. To some the subject is utterly antiquated, the sort of thing no sensible person should give a second thought in this day and age. Others go to the opposite extreme: they believe that symbolism is the key to understanding the intellectual* world. Symbols, they claim, enable people to bring the incomprehensible into the realm of the tangible, where they can deal with it.: * The translator's use of "intellectual" for geistigen is very questionable; native speakers prefer "spiritual", although not necessarily in the religious sense. Curiously, the last sentence is not in the original German.; Dictionary of Symbolism. (FIU, Facts on File, 1992), p. vii.; Translated by James Hulbert from: Biedermann, Hans. Knaurs Lexikon der Symbole. (Munich: Knaurs, 1989).; INTELLECTUAL; SPIRITUAL; BSYMBOLISM; TANGIBLE; UNDERSTANDING; 20050311

Biggle, Lloyd, Jr.

State lotteries are in fact ripoffs in the form of voluntary taxation—one can get better gambling odds at Vegas.: "Introduction: Doomsday, Anyone?", A Galaxy of Strangers (FIU, 1976), p. xxi.; LOTTERIES, STATE; TAXATION; ODDS; 19931202

Down through the centuries, few human activities have been more universally condemned than gambling, for sound reasons. Now governments are following the lead of churces not merely in condoning gambling but also in encouraging it—as long as they can turn a profit on it. And if a government promotes gambling for its own profit, what won't it do for profit?: "Introduction: Doomsday, Anyone?", A Galaxy of Strangers (FIU, 1976), p. xii.; GAMBLING; GOVERNMENT; CHURCHES; PROFIT; 19931202

Black, Kent.

A church can be deconsecrated, but it remains a symbol for the community, its memories and aspirations.

"The Public Bath", in Smithsonian (December, 2000), p. 150.

ASPIRATIONS; CHURCHES; COMMUNITIES; MEMORIES; SYMBOLS

20001206

Black Hawk.

The white men do not scalp the head; but they do worse—they poison the heart.: quoted in T. C. McLuhan, Touch the Earth (HJ415) p. 141.; AMERICAN INDIANS;SCALPING; WHITE MAN - CHARACTERIZATIONS; 19861005

Blake, William.

Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance.: quoted in Michael Davis, William Blake: A New Kind of Man (FIU, 1977) p. 43.; INNOCENCE; IGNORANCE; WISDOM; 19910815

Blundell, Joe Whitlock.

Writers are generally more successful at depicting evil than at promoting good.: "Introduction,"; Wodehouse, P. G. The Plums of P.G. Wodehouse. (HR104, Folio Society, 1997) p. vii.; AUTHORS; EVIL; GOOD; WRITING; 20060819

Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. (c480-524/525 A.D.)

These are the very women who kill the rich and fruitful harvest of Reason with the barren thorns of passion. [Concerning the Muses of Poetry.]: The Consolation of Philosophy (HQ260, Folio Soc., 1998; orig. 524.) p. 38.; MUSES; PASSION; REASON; POETRY; 20040213

You [Philosophy] and God, who has sowed you in the minds of wise men, are my witnesses that the only consideration to impel me to any office was a general desire for good.: The Consolation of Philosophy (HQ260, Folio Soc., 1998; orig. 524.) p. 44.; GOOD; MOTIVATION; POLITICAL OFFICES; 20040213

If the enjoyment of any earthly blessing brings with it any measure of happiness, the memory of that splendid day can never be destroyed by the burden, however great, of growing evil.: The Consolation of Philosophy (HQ260, Folio Soc., 1998; orig. 524.) p. 63.; BLESSINGS; EVIL; HAPPINESS; JOY; MEMORIES; 20040219

And even if the praise is deserved, it cannot add anything to the philosopher's feelings: he measures happiness not by popularity, but by the true voice of his own conscience.: The Consolation of Philosophy (HQ260, Folio Soc., 1998; orig. 524.) pp. 94-95.; CONSCIENCE; HAPPINESS; PHILOSOPHERS; PRAISE; 20040229

To the objection that evil men do have power, I would say that this power of theirs comes from weakness rather than strength. For they would not have the power to do the evil they can if they could have retained the power of doing good.: The Consolation of Philosophy (HQ260, Folio Soc., 1998; orig. 524.) p. 127.; EVIL; GOOD; POWER; STRENGTH; WEAKNESS; 20040303

So what happens is that when a man abandons goodness and ceases to be human, being unable to rise to a divine condition, he sinks to the level of being an animal.: The Consolation of Philosophy (HQ260, Folio Soc., 1998; orig. 524.) p. 131.; ANIMALS; DIVINE; EVIL; GODS; GOOD; HUMANS; 20040303

We may therefore define chance as an unexpected event due to the conjunction of its causes with action which is done for some pur/pose. The conjunction and coincidence of the causes is effected by that order which proceeds by the inescapable nexus of causation, descending from the fount of Providence and ordering all things in their own time and place.: The Consolation of Philosophy (HQ260, Folio Soc., 1998; orig. 524.) pp. 154-5.; CAUSATION; CHANCE - DEFINITIONS; ORDER; PROVIDENCE; 20040307

Bohm, D..

Physics is a form of insight and as such it's a form of art.

A Question of Physics, p. 129;

In: Davies, Paul. God and the New Physics. (PK263, ), p. 221.

ART & SCIENCE; INSIGHTS; PHYSICS

19850427

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.

Irresponsibility in respect to the future is nihilism, and irresponsibility in respect to the present is fanaticism.

From a letter, dated 17 November 1941,

I Loved This People (PI111, John Knox Pr., 1965), p. 12.

FANATICISM; FUTURE, THE; NIHILISM; RESPONSIBILITY; TODAY, THE PRESENT

19850218

Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor force can accomplish anything here; reasons are of no avail; facts that contradict one's own prejudices simply do not need to be believed—in such cases the stupid person even becomes critical—and if they are unavoidable, they can simply be shoved aside as insignificant, isolated cases.

I Loved This People (PI111, John Knox Pr., 1965), p. 25.

BELIEFS; FACTS; PREJUDICE; REASON; STUPIDITY

19850218

The fact that a stupid person is often stubborn should not decieve anyone into thinking he is independent. In conversation with him it is felt that you are not dealing with the person himself, but with clichés, slogans, etc., that have gained dominance over him.... Thus having become a will-less instrument the stupid person becomes capable of all evil, and at the same time incapable of recognizing it as evil.... In this way men can be destroyed forever.

I Loved This People (PI111, John Knox Pr., 1965), p. 26.

CLICHES; EVIL; INDEPENDANCE; STUBBONNESS; STUPIDITY; WILL POWER

19850218

The power of one man needs the stupidity of another.

I Loved This People (PI111, John Knox Pr., 1965), p. 26.

POWER; STUPIDITY

19850218

Borchert, Catherine M., and Adrienne L. Zihlman.

Behaviors like those involved in language acquisition cannot have orig/inated, in any deterministic sense, by chance new combinations of genes. Rather, phenotypic responses play an important role in determining which genes are the most adaptive.: "The Ontology and Phylogeny of Symbolizing,"; In: Foster, Mary LeCron, and Botscharrow, Lucy Jayne, eds. The Life of Symbols. (FIUGL, Westview Pr., 1990), pp. 16-17; ADAPTATIONS; BEHAVIOR; CHANCE; EVOLUTION; GENES; GENETIC MUTATIONS; LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; PHENOTYPIC RESPONSES; 20050816

Borges, Jorge Luis.

In the earliest times, which were so susceptible to vague speculation and the inevitable ordering of the universe, there can have existed no division between the poetic and the prosaic. Everything must have been tinged with magic. Thor was not the god of Thunder; he was the thunder and the god.

"The Gold of the Tigers", in Miranda Green, Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art (FIU, 1989), p. xii.

GODS; POETIC; PROSE; THOR

19940228

Botscharow, Lucy Jayne.

Classification systems are fundamental to modern thought. We cannot make sense of the world without categorizing it into discrete and coherent parts.: "Paleolithic Semiotics,"; In: Foster, Mary LeCron, and Botscharow, Lucy Jayne, eds. The Life of Symbols. (FIUGL, Westview Pr., 1990), p. 66.; CATEGORIES; CLASSIFICATION; MODERN WORLD; PARTS; THOUGHT PATTERNS; 20050321

Pictorial representation is metaphoric.: "Paleolithic Semiotics,"; In: Foster, Mary LeCron, and Botscharow, Lucy Jayne, eds. The Life of Symbols. (FIUGL, Westview Pr., 1990), p. 74.; GRAPHICS; METAPHORS; PICTURES; REPRESENTATIONS; 20051007

Bowen, Elizabeth.

Accretion is a major factor in art.: "Introduction,"; Le Fanu, J. S.. Uncle Silas (FIUL, Crescent Press, 1947) p. 8.; ACCRETION; ART; LITERATURE; 19850307

Bradley, Omar N.

No man was more deserving of full retirement than George Marshall. He had served in the highest positions of responsibility in Washington virtually uninterrupted since 1939. He had mobilized our Army for World War II, helped direct Allied global strategy, served ably as Secretary of State in the Cold War and returned to help direct us through the Korean War and the rearmament that ensued. He was one of the authentic giants in our history, towering far above the much-publicized MacArthur and Patton.: A General's Life. (HK279, Simon & Schuster, 1983), p. 648.; COLD WAR; KOREAN CONFLICT; MARSHALL, GEORGE C.; WORLD WAR II; 19840300

I did not—and still do not—believe in generals in the White House.: A General's Life. (HK279, Simon & Schuster, 1983), p. 657.; GENERALS (MILITARY); PRESIDENTS, U.S.; WHITE HOUSE, THE; 19840300

Brand, Stewart.

Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive.: The Media Lab: Inventing the Future at MIT. (Viking Penguin, 1987), p. 202.; In: McMillan, John. Reinventing the Bazaar. (PQ300, WWNorton, 2002), p. 46.; EXPENSES; FREEDOM; INFORMATION; 20040326

Brande, Dorothea.

Once we have learned to use words we must be forever using them.: Becoming a Writer. (PK119, JPTarcher, 1981, 1934), p. 133.; WORDS; 19860804

Brontë, Charlotte.

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.... These things and deeds are diametrically opposed: they are as distinct as is vice from virtue.: "The Author's Preface to the Second Edition,"; Jane Eyre (LQ210, Easton Pr., 1978) p. xvii.; CONVENTIONS; MORALITY; RELIGION; SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS; 20030620

Bruce-Mitford, Miranda.

It is a fundamental part of human nature not only to survive and reproduce, but also to seek explanations for the mysteries of life. Because these mysteries are in fact beyond explanation, we use the language of symbolism to represent them.: The Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols (FIUGL, DK Publications, 1996) p. 6.; EXPLANATIONS; HUMAN NATURE; LIFE - MYSTERIES; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SYMBOLISM; 20050311

Symbols grow in meaning and complexity over hundreds of years, changing according to their cultural context.: The Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols (FIUGL, DK Publications, 1996) p. 7.; COMPLEXITIES; CONTEXTS; CULTURES; MEANINGS - COMPLEXITIES; SYMBOLS - CHANGE; 20050311

However, although certain images are recognized as symbolic by many societies, the symbolism of a particular image may vary from place to place and over time.: The Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols (FIUGL, DK Publications, 1996) p. 9.; DIFFERENCES; IMAGES; SOCIETIES; SYMBOLISM; SYMBOLS - MEANINGS; 20050311

Brumm, Ursula.

It is only when they respond to a spiritual need that foreign ideas can be absorbed and assimilated.: American Thought and Religious Typology. (FIUGL, Rutgers U.Pr., 1970) p. 5.; ASSIMILATION OF IDEAS; FOREIGN INFLUENCES; IDEAS; SPIRITUAL NEEDS; 20060414

Nonetheless the notion of a type like that of a symbol / includes an analogy of concrete image and transcendent meaning. You could regard the type as a special sort of symbol,....The type differs in being fixed at both of its poles of reference where the symbol is free to move in any direction of interpretation.: American Thought and Religious Typology. (FIUGL, Rutgers U.Pr., 1970) pp. 23-24.; IMAGES, CONCRETE; MEANING, TRANSCENDENT; SYMBOLISM - DEFINITIONS; TYPES - DEFINITIONS; 20060414

Brummitt, Wyatt B., Burnett, R. Will, and Zim, Herbert S.

You've heard the statement "Pictures don't lie." It isn't true. Pictures, by their very nature, report only a selected part of what your eyes see.: Photography (PC#, Golden Pr., 1964) p. 60.; LIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PICTURES; TRUTH; 19890131

Buber, Martin.

There are two, and in the end only two, types of faith...we only know faith itself in two basic forms. Both can be understood from the simple data of our life: the one from the fact that I trust someone, without being able to offer sufficient reasons for my trust in him; the other from the fact that, likewise without being able to give a sufficient reason, I acknowledge a thing to be true. In both cases my not being able to give a sufficient reason is not a matter of a defectiveness in my ability to think, but of a real peculiarilty in my relationship to the one whom I trust or that which I acknowledge to be true.: Two Types of Faith (PF?) p. 7.; FAITH - DEFINITIONS; TRUST; 19841003

Buchan, John

I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.: The Thirty-Nine Steps (HJ154, ,) p. 32.; BELIEF - LIMITS; DISTRUST; NORMALCY; 19840815

Buchanan, Mark.

When we get too busy, everything becomes either a drudge or a scramble, the doldrums or sheer mayhem. We get bored with the familiar, threatened by the unfamialiar. Our capacity for both steadfastness and adventure shrivels.: The Rest of God. (HR084, W Publishing Group/TNelson, 2006), p. 47.; ADVENTURE; BOREDOM; BUSY; CAPACITIES; DOLDRUMS; FAMILIAR, THE; MAYHEM; STEADFASTNESS; THREATS; UNFAMILIAR, THE; 20071103

Legalism is the reduction of life to mere technicalities. It substitutes code for conscience, ritual for worship, rectitude for holiness, morality for purity.: The Rest of God. (HR084, W Publishing Group/TNelson, 2006), p. 107.; CONSCIENCE; HOLINESS; LAW & LEGAL CODES; LEGALISM - DEFINITIONS; LIFE - DEFINITIONS; MORALITY; RECTITUDE; RITUAL & RITUALS; WORSHIP; 20080112

The attraction of legalism is that, despite all its complexity, it's mindless.: The Rest of God. (HR084, W Publishing Group/TNelson, 2006), p. 108.; COMPLEXITY; LEGALISM - ATTRACTIONS; MINDLESSNESS; 20080112

Over-abundance is our common lot, muchness our birthright, and all Sabbath serves up is more of the same. And when we see anything as a birthright, it ceases to be a gift.: The Rest of God. (HR084, W Publishing Group/TNelson, 2006), p. 163.; ABUNDANCE; BIRTHRIGHTS; GIFTS; SABBATH; 20080223

In a gluttonous age, where nothing is enough, the sparseness of a communion meal becomes a reminder that grace is sufficient, that our daily bread is all we need.: The Rest of God. (HR084, W Publishing Group/TNelson, 2006), p. 163.; DAILY BREAD; GLUTTONY; LORD'S SUPPER; SUFFICIENCIES; SPARSENESS; 20080223

The silence was so vast it had a life all its own. It was not the absence of sound. It was the presence of something very old, very still, very watchful.: The Rest of God. (HR084, W Publishing Group/TNelson, 2006), p. 180.; ABSENCES; PRESENCE; SILENCE; SOUND - ABSENCE OF; STILLNESS; WATCHFULNESS; 20080301

Religion is insidiously idolatrous, taking good things and giving them a centrality and veneration out of proportion to the thing itself. Religion makes fetishes of mere tools, icons of sheer gifts.: The Rest of God. (HR084, W Publishing Group/TNelson, 2006), p. 219.; CENTER & CENTERS; FETISHES; GIFTS; IDOLATRY; PROPORTION; RELIGION; TOOLS; 20071229

Buckner, Mark R.

There doesn't seems to be any expiration date on friendship.: Email to Steve Morris, November 30, 2006; DURABILITY; EXPIRATION DATES; FRIENDSHIP; 20061201

Bultmann, Rudolf.

The doctrine of creation is not a speculative cosmogony, but a confession of faith, of faith in God as Lord. The world belongs to him, and he upholds it by his power. He sustains human life, and man owes him obedience.: Primitive Christianity (PQ150, 1957) p. 15.; CREATION - JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VIEWS; EARTH; FAITH; GOD - JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VIEWS; MAN - JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VIEWS; 20021012

The real purpose of the creation story is to inculcate what God is doing all the time.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 18.; CREATION, CONTINUING; CREATION STORY - INTERPRETATIONS; GOD'S ACTIONS; 20021012

Man is not interpreted in the light of the world, but the world in the light of man.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 20.; MAN - BIBLICAL VIEW; MAN - PURPOSE; WORLD - BIBLICAL VIEW; 20021012

Unlike the cult legends of classical Greece and Hellenistic times, the legends associated with the [Jewish] feasts do not tell of the fate of the deity, but the history of the nation.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, Meridian, 1957) p. 37.; GODS - LEGENDS; LEGENDS - GREECE; LEGENDS - ISRAEL; NATIONS - LEGENDS; 20021107

Once the idea of God's transcendence was lost in the sense of constant futurity, another idea of transcendence came instead. God, like his people, was cut adrift from history. Just as the nation isolated itself in its religion, so God was no longer bound to his people.... It is symptomatic that his name could no longer be uttered aloud—except, perhaps, on very special occassions.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 61.; GOD - TRANSCENDENCE; ISRAEL - HISTORY; NAME; TETRAGRAMMETON; 20021108

God demands radical obedience: he claims the whole man.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 72.; GOD; OBEDIENCE; 20021122

Thus Jesus' ethic is a transcendental or eschatological ethic.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 75.; ETHICS; JESUS THE CHRIST - ETHICS; 20021122

Bultmann, Rudolf continued

But the terms used to express this sense of dependence and trust show that Jesus had brought God out of the false transcendence to which he had been relegated by Judaism and made him near at hand again. God is transcendent, but in the sense that he is always the coming God.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 77.; GOD - IMMANENCE; GOD - TRANSCENDENCE; JESUS THE CHRIST - WORKS; 20021122

For Jesus however, God's distinction from and transcendence over the world means that he is always the God who comes. He meets man not only in the future judgement, but already here and now in daily life, with its challenges and opportunities. In the same way man is distinct from the world in the sense that he has no security in it. He cannot trust in any tangible reality. His real life consists in his encounter with his neighbour and his response to the claims of God.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 79.; GOD - TRANSCENDENCE; JESUS THE CHRIST - TEACHINGS; MAN - TRANSCENDENCE; 20021122

It is by the adoption of a common historical purpose that a group of human beings become a nation.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 103.; HISTORY; NATION-MAKING; PEOPLE; 20021122

Wherever the sophists did not try to foster individual ambition and self-seeking, but made a sincere attempt to provide a basis for political government, they substituted the authority of science for that of religion. The supreme court of appeal lay in nature..., which furnished the criteria for human values and actions.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 119.; GOVERNMENT - AUTHORITY; RELIGION; SCIENCE; SOPHISTS; VALUES; 20030205

Yet this myth is not dogma, but only an expression of the conviction which cannot be expressed in rational terms. Myth does not exclude the necessity of reason, but demands it.: [Statement in describing Plato.}; Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 125.; DOGMA; MYTHS; RATIONALITY; 20030205

The world itself, as in the Greek tradition as a whole, is conceived as a unity, permeated and governed by the divine power immanent within it by a rational divine law.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 135.; COSMOLOGY - GREECE; GREECE - WORLD VIEW; UNITIES; 20030210

Bultmann, Rudolf continued

The political upheavals which had destroyed the ancient city states as well as the Roman Republic left the individual utterly bewildered and helpless. Everything was now on such a large scale that he could no longer understand what it was all about or see any law at work behind it. He could no longer, as in the old days of the city state, with its much smaller scale, contribute effectively to politics, and thus to his own personal destiny. He had become simply the plaything of fate.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 147.; EMPIRES; FATE; INDIVIDUALS; ROMAN EMPIRE; SELF-CONCEPT; 20030220

The Gospel had to be preached in terms intelligible to Hellenistic audiences and their mental outlook, while at the same time the audiences themselves were bound to interpret the gospel message in their own way, in the light of their own spiritual needs. Hence the growth of divers types of Christianity.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 176.; CHRISTIANITY - DIVISIONS; GOSPEL, THE: HELLENISM; SPIRITUAL NEEDS; 20030326

Rather, [the Bible] insists that a man is always what his past has made him. He alsways brings his past along with him into his present. He can never make a fresh start with a clean sheet.: Primitive Christianity in its Contemporary Setting (PQ150, 1957) p. 182.; ANTHROPOLOGY, CHRISTIAN; MAN - BIBLICAL VIEW; PAST, THE; 20030326

Burkert, Walter.

The specific character of myth seems to lie neither in the structure nor in the content of a tale, but in the use to which it is put; and this would be my final thesis: myth is a traditional tale with secondary, partial reference to something of collective importance.: Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual. (Berkeley: U California Pr., 1979), p. 23.; In: Moreley, Neville. Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches. (FIUL, Routledge, 2000), p. 112.; COMMUNITY VALUES; CONTENTS; MYTHS - DEFINITIONS; STRUCTURE; TALES; 20061211

Burns, Robert.

The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promised joy! Still thou art blest, compared wi' me, The present only toucheth thee: But och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospect dreer! An' forward, thou' I canna see, I guess an' fear!: "To a Mouse",; In: Untermeyer, Louis, ed. A Concise Treasury of Great Poems. (PG105, Pocket Books, 1958), p. 201.; ANTICIPATION; FEAR; FUTURE, THE; GRIEF; MEN; MICE; PAIN; PAST, THE; 19740000

Burton, Robert.

They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.

Decision (January, 1983), p. ?.

HUMILITY; PRIDE

19830100

Butler, Samuel.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

In: Honer, Stanley M., and Hunt, Thomas C. Invitation to Philosophy (PH060, W