Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“The world is a parable-the habitation of symbols-the phantoms of spiritual things immortal shown in material shape.” — Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
The symbol in the dream has more the value of a parable: it does not conceal, it teaches. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
And I offer you this parable: Not a few who sought to cast out their devil entered into the swine themselves. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns, and I… — Peter Ellis Copy Share Image
“IT WOULD BE tempting to read the story of Fordlandia and Belterra as a parable of arrogance,” — Greg Grandin Copy Share Image
The Orpheus myth is my favorite myth, and the prodigal son is my favorite parable. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be… — Greg Daniels Copy Share Image
“At its simplest, the parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Parable of the Sower' is capital-I Important. Put it on the literary fiction shelf. Put it on the Holy Crap fiction shelf.… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Christ, in the parable of the vine dressers, has taught us a sublime lesson of justice, by showing that to the things… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
“Where are you going?” “My God, you’re like the plague.” “A masterfully crafted, powerfully understated, and epic parable of timeless moral resonance?… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
Sculpture is a parable in three dimensions, a symbol of a spiritual experience, and a means of conveying truth by concentrating its… — Malvina Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Or you can look further and read into it a parable, an allegory maybe, a metaphor for how people and things were… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the parable is a peculiar way of saying that redemption is immanent whether or not it's imminent, that the world… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
It's the difference between a parable and a pamphlet. A parable discusses things that are relevant in the past, the future, and… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“In this world, you are very much like a water hose in the garden. Love flows through you, just as water runs… — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
“A parable is a story taken from real life (or a real-life situation) from which a moral or spiritual truth is drawn.… — James Montgomery Boice Copy Share Image
“If/Then: The Dagger Parable by Stewart Stafford I handed her the dagger solemnly, She took it with a wounded look, Behind my… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“One does not say of a tiger's kill that both tiger and prey are 'changed for the better' by the digestion, or… — Rajiv Malhotra Copy Share Image
“The naked man had lost hope now; he would never be able to return to the earth's surface;he would never leave the… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“I’d like to share with you a parable: the parable of Bob the Angel. A girl was walking down a darkly lit… — Michael Brent Jones Copy Share Image
“A young man was sitting at home when a terrible rainstorm began. Within hours, the man’s house began to flood, and someone… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“We've also evolved the ability to simply 'pay it forward': I help you, somebody else will help me. I remember hearing a… — Greg Epstein Copy Share Image
“A man walks into a coffee shop. As the man talks across the counter, the coffee guy makes his coffee and sets… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“One example is the familiar parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), which in some ways might be better called the parable… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
