Comparative Study of Denominational Quotations
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:49 pm
I began a small project earlier tonight which looks at what I'll call denominational quotes. These quotes all refer to some higher order construct such as God, Reality, Nature, and Universe. The purpose is to compare the "meat" of them. The "point" beyond the terms used. Many of these quotes come from different sources which appear to have different belief systems. This is not a study intended so much to prove anything, rather something which I am doing for a larger project. Below is what I've amassed so far, though I have not included quotations which I have not found a suitable equivalent for in other denominations. I am also interested, and have included, quotations on the general theme of the study. The first quote in the series is of such a nature and triggered the inspiration for the project.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. – Frank Lloyd Wright
Awe
The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the
first spiritual experience. - Henryk Skolimowski
I’ve always regarded Nature as the clothing of God. - Alan Hovhaness
Imagination
The imagination of Nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man. - Richard Feynman
Man - a figment of God's imagination. - Mark Twain
Temptation
nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by Nature to bear. - Marcus Aurelius
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. - Holy Bible (Corinthians 10:13)
Adaptation
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. - Deuteronomy 30:15-16
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. - H. G. Wells
All things are artificial, for Nature is the art of God. - Thomas Browne
Source of Wisdom
Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better. - Albert Einstein
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding— indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. - Proverbs 2:1-6
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. - Edgar Allan Poe
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. - Aristotle
Omnipotence
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. - Colossians 1:16
Ignorance
To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. - Henry David Thoreau
Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. - 2 Corinthians 3
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. – Frank Lloyd Wright
Awe
The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the
first spiritual experience. - Henryk Skolimowski
I’ve always regarded Nature as the clothing of God. - Alan Hovhaness
Imagination
The imagination of Nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man. - Richard Feynman
Man - a figment of God's imagination. - Mark Twain
Temptation
nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by Nature to bear. - Marcus Aurelius
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. - Holy Bible (Corinthians 10:13)
Adaptation
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. - Deuteronomy 30:15-16
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. - H. G. Wells
All things are artificial, for Nature is the art of God. - Thomas Browne
Source of Wisdom
Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better. - Albert Einstein
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding— indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. - Proverbs 2:1-6
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. - Edgar Allan Poe
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. - Aristotle
Omnipotence
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. - Colossians 1:16
Ignorance
To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. - Henry David Thoreau
Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. - 2 Corinthians 3