Quotes About Saul

A wide wrinkle like a comprehensive bracket sign was written upon his forehead, the point between his brows, and there were patches of brown on his dark-blond skin.

As for me I say no more. Can I tell Shahar that the "conscience of the West" will never permit Israel to be destroyed? I can say no such thing. Such grand statements are no longer made; all our hyperbole is nowadays reserved for silence.

The noise of the world is so terrible that we can endure it only by being coated with sleep.

the anchor man thrown overboard has simply rooted us in history's repeating cycle

For my money, that distinction, hands down, goes to Saul of Tarsus—later Saint Paul, to Christians. Even if you aren't a Christian, hear me out: He was the first-century convert to the teachings of Christ who organized the work of a messianic itinerant preacher into a body of coherent theology and spread it around the ancient world.

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.

His name was Saul. He had come to Athens to deliver a message. A Jew by birth and a Greek by language and culture, Saul of Tarsus was also a Roman citizen. In fact, it is by his Romanized name, Paul, that we know him best. His message would be delivered in the language of ancient philosophy, in Greek, and would shake the ancient world to its foundations.

Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.

These are the days when man has his hands on the sublime while he is up to his hips in the muck of madness.

Others sick with guilt and not knowing where to turn or what to do went berserk. These were the Weathermen and their like: they took the grand cop-out, suicide.

Human character is smaller now, people don't have durable passions; they've replaced passions with excitement.

Fiction, in the magazines, is presently going to be in the same position as poetry, namely filler. A respectable kind of filler.

The prayer of David traditionally assigned to this story is Psalm 57. While there are lines in that psalm that convey David's fugitive state at the time, its overwhelming impression is of energetic and ebullient praise of God. This means that while Saul was the occasion for David's being in the wilderness, Saul neither defined nor dominated the wilderness. The wilderness was full of God, not Saul.

As king, Saul was entrusted with a measure of anointing to lead the armies of Israel to victory and shepherd the people. Yet, without the strength of character that only comes by winning private battles, these public victories exposed the previously hidden weakness of Saul's heart toward God.

like one of us?" "Saul, Saul, I am not as learned as you, but do you not see that if the Messiah

Saul Alinsky advised his followers to level sharp attacks against their opponents with the goal of goading them into rash counterattacks that would then discredit them. To avoid falling into this trap, those of us who are interested in civil discussion should prepare ourselves to refrain from reacting in fear or anger to those who disagree with us or even attack us.

God changed Saul's heart. A changed heart is the absolute requirement for kingdom service.

Inevitably, Saul's faraway heart would turn to faraway actions.

There was a guy named Saul two cells over who had a fetish for joyriding with stolen cars. He was about as decent a guy as you'd meet in prison. He had his demons—his seemingly more innocuous than most—but the demons did him in.

He turned to the startled king, still kneeling on the floor stunned. He threw the sword clanging onto the floor by Saul. "That is what you should have done." Saul was speechless. Samuel said, "I am going to Ramah. Our paths shall never cross again — this side of Sheol." Samuel left.

Suddenly, a gush of wind seemed to flow through the room. It was more like a sucking of air leaving him breathless, and the air thick and heavy. A new despair came over him, but not from his confusion and unanswered questions. It was more like the answer to all his questions. He felt it deep in his soul. He knew with a clarity he had never known before that Yahweh had departed. He had left Saul, and he was never going to return.

Now, kill every man, woman and child in the town!" The warriors balked. Did they hear him correctly? "You heard what I said. KILL THEM ALL!" The warriors rode through the town to accomplish the diabolical command of their king. Nimrod whispered into Saul's ear, "Yahweh wants a holy war of herem, I will give him herem.

David said to Saul, "Sorry, my lord. Forgive my incompetence." He began to play the coronation psalm he had played for Jonathan on the hillside. Its effect on Saul was immediate. A peace came over him. The whisperer went away. His tension released and his nervous twitching and ticks vanished. It seemed as if his mind all of a sudden became clear and he could even see more clearly with his eyes. It was like a fog had been lifted from over his mind.

David had asked Saul for split residence between Gibeah and Bethlehem. He would be gone to shear sheep in the summer months, and during lambing, as well as harvest, when all other hands were needed in the fields. Also, many of his older brothers would be conscripted in the military. Michal already dreaded David's absence and he had not even moved in yet.