Quotes About Parable

It is my theory that the greater truths underlying life and death can be best be understood as a parable--that is, as a fiction.

Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that's written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

The Orpheus myth is my favorite myth, and the prodigal son is my favorite parable.

After exhausting life in his efforts for mankind is spiritual good, he had made the manner of his death a parable, in order to impress on his admirers the mighty and mournful lesson, that, in the view of infinite Purity, we are sinners all alike.

No matter how you spin it, forgiveness is costly. Regardless of how big or small the offense, canceling a debt and absorbing the cost is going to hurt. But the parable shows us that not forgiving also has a price, and it is higher than the price forgiveness demands.

Yedi cücelerin tek t?raÅŸ olan? Ahmak't?. Bu bize, t?raÅŸ olmaktaki bilgelik hakk?nda bir fikir verebilir

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.

"Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if only you can find it."

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

When Adam dolve, and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?

The idea of the split personality is as old as Genesis. For a start, Eve was manufactured from Adam's rib. Then there's Cain and Abel, twins at war. They were followed by Esau and Jacob, likewise divisible into hairy and smooth types.

Jesus said, "The kingdom of the [father] is like a certain woman who was carrying a [jar] full of meal. While she was walking [on the] road, still some distance from home, the handle of the jar broke and the meal emptied out behind her [on] the road. She did not realize it; she had noticed no accident. When she reached her house she set the jar down and found it empty.

There are not too many fables about man's misuse of sunflower seeds.

A tiny fly can choke a big man.

Oh, I get it, I said. It's a parable. Cute. Let's go eat.

Ah, já entendi - disse eu. - É uma parábola. Que giro. Vamos comer.

Attentive readers will also note the significance of the form he uses for much of his teaching—the parable. The parable is the teaching tool of the sage, indicated by the fact that the Greek term for "parable" (parabol?) is used in Greek versions of the OT to translate the Hebrew word "proverb" (m?š?l ), a central form of wisdom teaching in the OT. The Jesus of the Gospels is a sage.

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A fost odata ca niciodata un incer care zacea pe moarte in ceata. Si un diavol s-a aplecat spe el si i-a zambit.

The history of Lenin's train is not exclusively the property of the Soviets. In part, it is a parable about great-power intrigue, and one rule there is that great powers almost always get things wrong.

Maybe that's why Jesus was so fond of parables: Nothing describes the indescribable like a good yarn.

Studerer man lenge nok de bibelske lignelser, lukkes sjelen gradvis inne i vanviddets labyrint.

In church I feel very close to the publican of the parable.