Quotes About Rebirth

In their religious quest men and women-- especially those who live in modern Western Christianized societies-- are still in the power of those early traditions that strive within them for supremacy. It is a conflict of pagan or Christian beliefs, or, one might say, of rebirth or resurrection.

Life After Life, by Raymond A. Moody, Jr., M.D.

Baptism is a Sacra ment instituted by Christ, in which, by the out ward washing of the body with water, with in vocation of the Three Persons of the Most Holy Trinity, man is spiritually reborn and sanctified unto life everlasting.

The effect of this Sacrament [Baptism] is the remission of every sin, original and ac tual.

Augustine observes: " The womb does not repeat its births," 34 and with the latter analogy in mind St. Chrysostom says: " As there is no second crucifixion for Christ, so there can be no such a thing as rebaptism." 35

I am thankful once again to strip off an old life, as I so often have during these years. I look back upon a soldier, a murderer, a man almost murdered, a man resurrected, a prisoner, a wanderer.

Gorse came back.

when you come back.

Die Menschenordnung gleicht dem Kosmos darin, daß sie von Zeit zu Zeiten, um sich von neuem zu gebären, ins Feuer tauchen muß.

Eravamo nati dopo la guerra, eravamo la schiuma che resta dopo la mareggiata.

For me, the person I was becoming when we left was erased, and another one was created.

Many claim to have been born again, but the evidence for mature Christian discipleship is slim.

Falling asleep. Waking up.

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.

I don't think I would have made 'Blank Project; if I hadn't made 'Cherry Thing.' I think that was a real rebirth in a way, and a remembrance of how I like to make music best, the most. Like being in a more chaotic place, maybe. Like a place of making and being creative where the mistakes can be left in.

I thought my story was over. But that was when I realised I finally had a story to tell - and it seems to remind people of their own story.

What we need in America is a renaissance. We need to go forward by going backward.

Renaissance always comes out of depression.

There is a renaissance of really great genre entertainment happening. But it's become incredibly audience-specific.

Out of the ashes of the Great War came the freewheeling cultural renaissance that was the Jazz Age, but the decade-long party of flapper dresses and bootlegging came to a crashing halt with the Crash of '29 - triggering the Great Depression and the New Deal that would help America get back on its feet, just in time for another, greater war.

Repentance means you change your mind so deeply that it changes you.

Rain symbolizes darkness but also represents an essential part of rebirth.

In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return.

You only live once but in my case, twice. I'm indestructible.