Quotes About Revelation

I find out a lot about myself by sleeping. Dreams, they are who I am when I'm too tired to be me.

One of the most touching aspects of the healing process for me has been the realization that the world is much kinder and more beautiful than I thought it was. Somewhere in my unconscious, here was always someplace to get out of; as I healed, I was shocked to discover that, au contraire, being here is the prize.

Let me tell you: Theroux would shit himself.

God will stop at nothing to get through to us, overwhelming us with symbols, piling them up one on another without carefully codifying whether and how they all make sense. One thing they are not is tragically empty, distant, cold. They are humming, hot-blooded, and full of life.

Every Christian in every age has been tempted to paper over scripture's cracks, explain away its oddities, show it's no different or more demanding than what we hearers already think we know about God and the world. This is a mistake. Scripture is spectacularly odd.

Our delight is tickled as we see Christ concealed in the Old and revealed in the New.

I am convinced that the Bible is a delight and that studying the Bible is about learning to see that delight.

Reading the Bible, for Christians, is a matter of expecting to be surprised by Jesus again.

You will not lift the veil of my body until you lift the veil over my face.

Because of my value, I veil myself... If I show too much, I wouldn't be revealing my true worth to you. I'd be distracting you from what matters most.

The body itself is pure. It is very good, but often a person's intentions are not. Therefore, the problem with immodesty is not that it reveals too much, but that it obscures the value of the person. Modesty, then, is not about hiding one's body but about revealing one's worth. It is an invitation to contemplation. It conceals certain parts of the body not because they are bad, but in order to invite others to discover one's full value as a person, thus opening a way toward love.

These companies have realized that when you get into a real work environment, the truth comes out.

Alas. You're no Vader, you're just a child with a mask.

Lies beget lies," he said. "Until, one day, someone needs the truth." Palewski

It was one of those ideas that doesn't sound stupid until someone says it out loud.

But you're wrong about these pictures, you're wrong about this house, and you're wrong about Teddy. There is some seriously weird shit happening right under your nose and you're living in denial!

All familiar things can open into strange worlds.

uno hace descubrimientos extraños una vez que toca o es tocado, una vez que uno roza un muslo por accidente

Elég az, ha nem akarják, hogy halljunk valamit, és mi mindent elkövetünk, hogy megtudjunk valamit, az meg sem fordul a fejünkben, hogy olykor a mi érdekünkben nem avatnak be, nehogy csalódjunk, vagy belekeveredjünk valamibe, hogy ne lássuk olyan sötétnek a világot, mint amilyen.

Basta saber que alguém não quer que oiçamos para fazermos tudo para ouvir, sem nos darmos conta de que às vezes as coisas nos são escondidas para nosso bem, para não nos decepcionarem ou para não nos comprometerem, para que a vida não nos pareça tão má como costuma ser.

E algumas noites vi a brasa do cigarro dele na escuridão, como se fosse a de um soldado nas trincheiras, tão exausto e enojado que já não se importa de denunciar a sua posição e morrer de um disparo certeiro guiado pelo seu lume persistente.

e assumir uma enorme responsabilidade, a de revelar a alguém o que talvez não quisesse saber, e nunca se sabe o que alguém não quer saber até se lhe fazer a revelação, e então o possível mal não tem remédio e é tarde para a retirar, para voltar atrás.

None that speak of me know me, and when they do speak, they slander me; those who know me keep silent and in their silence do not defend me; thus, all speak ill of me until they meet me, but when they meet me they find rest, and they bring me salvation, for I never rest.

A revelação do receio dá ideias a quem atemoriza ou a quem pode atemorizar, a prevenção perante o que não aconteceu atrai o acontecimento, as suspeitas decidem o que ainda estava por resolver e desencadeiam-no, a apreensão e a expectativa obrigam a preencher os vazios que criam e vão aprofundando, algo tem de acontecer se queremos que o medo se dissipe, e o melhor é concretizar o objecto do medo.