Revelations Quotes · Page 12

My life's purpose is to write poetry - but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.

— William Soutar

The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.

— Henry Moore

It's all I ever really wanted, that revelation. The possibility of fixed stars.

— Janet Fitch

One of the things Satan fears the most is that you would get the revelation of what you can do through prayer.

— Karen Wheaton

It is strange to talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.

— Henry David Thoreau

Bible revelations are not against reason but above reason, for the uses of faith, mans highest faculty.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

I'm not videotaping my life, but in a way I am trying to put certain things about myself on canvas.

— Martin Scorsese

“You follow these little discrepancies long enough and they sometimes open up into huge revelations.”

— Robert M. Pirsig

In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable…

— John Quincy Adams

Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.

— Francis Collins

We normally know Jesus as a humble, loving servant, which He is. But Revelations gives us the bigger picture of who Jesus…

— Jud Wilhite

The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the…

— Bertrand Russell

The aim of art is a constant, and a continuous job to reveal visually the attitude of our mentality. And the less…

— Josef Albers

When man thinks in self-conscious submission to the voluntary revelation of the self-sufficient God, he has therewith the only possible ground of…

— Cornelius Van Til

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper,…

— Huston Smith

In vain shall Great Britain confer upon her colonies the free government and liberal principles of legislation, for which she is distinguished,…

— John Strachan

'Revelation assures us that 'righteousness exalteth a nation.' Communities are dealt with in this world by the wise and just Ruler of…

— Samuel Adams

Jerusalem Maiden is a page-turning and thought-provoking novel. Extraordinary sensory detail vividly conjures another time and place; heroine Esther Kaminsky’s poignant struggle…

— Binnie Kirshenbaum

Marriage is a unified institution. Marriage means a committed, legally sanctioned relationship between a man and a woman. That's what it means.…

— Lance B. Wickman

Often what is nearest is hardest of all to see - try asking a fish to define water. Distance opens a door…

— Vicki Goldberg

Let us open wide the windows of our hearts, that each family member may feel welcome and 'at home.' Let us open…

— Thomas S. Monson

I am open to [the notion of theistic revelation], but not enthusiastic about potential revelation from God. On the positive side, for…

— Antony Flew

Don't neglect your critical faculties. Remember that God is a rational God, who has made us in His own image. God invites…

— John Stott

One of the marvelous blessings of the Book of Mormon is that it contains, in clarity, revelations reserved to come forth in…

— L. Lionel Kendrick

The mind wants to land, to fixate, to hold a concept, but the only way you can be really free is by…

— Adyashanti

We have been told . . . that this life is a necessary part in the course of progression designed by our…

— James E. Talmage

When an injustice happens, we want to be vindicated. People feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they…

— Joyce Meyer

The next day the Indian told me their name for this light,--artoosoq',--and on my inquiring concerning the will-o'-the-wisp, and the like phenomena,…

— Henry David Thoreau

When we become incorruptible and immortal and attain to the blessed state of conformity with Christ, we will be ever with the…

— Gregory Palamas

“She thought of the revelations she held cradled against her chest, of how they could potentially serve up more discord, more upset…

— Jacquelyn Frank

The more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible do miracles become, - that the men at that…

— Charles Darwin

What is needed is a move beyond tradition, nothing less than a reform movement to bring the core concepts of Islam into…

— Salman Rushdie

In total acceptance, almost everything becomes a revelation.

— Frederick Sommer

The unfolding of our friendship with the Father will be a never-ending revelation strretching on into eternity

— Catherine Marshall

I wanted the light to be the revelation. It has to do with what we value. I want people to treasure light.

— James Turrell

It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations.

— C. S. Lewis

By faith we began, by hope we continue, and by revelation we shall obtain the whole.

— Martin Luther

“All religions are man-made; God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Most scientific revelations happened after the pursuit of knowledge quit being secret and hermetic.

— John Perry Barlow

The problem is not in the clarity of the revelation. The problem is in the darkness of the human mind.

— Sinclair B. Ferguson