Quotes About Word

It is only through the breakdown of his ordinary reality that he can be in-formed by the suprasensual reality of the divine letter: the Logos. Here, as in the famous opening of the Gospel of John—"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God"—language becomes an "active agent" that is actually prior to material reality.

Like an existentialist, I will infer my state from the actions I perform. Thought follows deed, as Mussolini taught. In Anfang war die Tat, as Goethe says in Faust. In the beginning was the deed, not the word.

Once we use the word spiritual, we don't have to explain anymore, because it belongs to the Church then, and no one can question it.

America? said Gamesh, smiling. Roland, what's American to you? Or me, or those tens of thousands up in the the stands? It's just a word they use to keep your nose to the grindstone and your toes to the line. America is the opiate of the people.

Makarska and Madamaska.

it is always dangerous to treat simultaneity as causation

According to all that God commanded [Noah], so he did. Noah did "according to all that God commanded him, so he did" (Genesis 6:22). Therein lies the key and secret to Noah's faith. When God told him to do something, he did it. He was a man who took God at His word.

Delighting in God's Word leads us to delight in God, and delight in God drives away fear.

My mother said I should have a 'change of scenery.' The word scenery made be think of a play. And as we were driving around, it made sense that way. Because no matter how much the scenery changed, we were still on the same stage.

Closure. I keep hearing that word. ... As soon as a show has a sense of closure, it gives you an excuse to forget you've seen the damn thing.

The word 'phobic' has its place when properly used, but lately it's been declawed by the pompous insistence that most animosity is based upon fear rather than good old-fashioned loathing.

Some argued that the youth of today were poorly educated and insufficiently industrious, but one of them had sought to validate his generation by spending considerable time and effort chiseling an obscene word in the concrete picnic table, and he had spelled it correctly.

The word impossible contains the word possible' What's that-- some Zen thing?' I think Star Trek. Mr. Spock.

It was my first clue that atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like

To her, writing is making stock and reading is sipping broth, but only the spoken word is the full roasted chicken.

and returned. To Duane the outlaw

My word! You must be a prophet, Monsieur Vautrin!" said Madame Vauquer. "I am all sorts of things," said Jacques Collin.

With each word her voice rose higher, like a soaring bird. But at the last word it was as if the bird when it had reached the ceiling suddenly fell down dead

The Written Word is a Fairy, as mocking and elusive as Willy Wisp, speaking lying words to us in a feigned voice. So let all readers of books take warning!

I'll never forget what my dad said as we drove over the Peace Bridge towards Canada for the Etobicoke tournament. He said, "Tom, I'll tell you something I want you to always remember. Pretty much everything is cleverer in Canada." I didn't even know cleverer was a word, but after traveling there a few times, I had to agree with him. Everything was cleverer in Canada!

I'm a mad lover of sport. You cannot say a bad word to me about sports. So I know business is involved and I know it can be cynical, and, of course, I watch it, but for me it's pure.

You might not be able to answer a question with a question but you can always answer a question with a quote!

Contextualization is not simply a fad or catch-word but a theological necessity demanded by the incarnational nature of the Word.

God's judgment on sin is reliable, for his Word is faithful, but even more consistent is God's desire to restore wandering sinners to himself. Grace is always God's last word.