Made Quote by Alister E. McGrath Download Open image “When the old poets made some virtue their theme, they were not teaching but adoring,” — Alister E. McGrath ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Made Poet Poetry Teaching Theme Virtue
I soon realized that poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I cannot understand why poetry is not taught at schools as a way of seeing, a quick, untiring path to essentials. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Poets do not compose their poems with knowledge, but by some inborn talent and by inspiration, like seers and prophets who also say many… — Plato Copy Share Image
“There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it.” — BORGES JORGE LUIS Copy Share Image
My gut was always that if I taught students poetry, I would give too much of myself to them and have nothing left. — Victoria Chang Copy Share Image
Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I'm sort of annoyed that some very basic things about poetic forms were not conveyed to me in the various poetry courses I took… — Juliana Spahr Copy Share Image
All poetry is supposed to be instructive but in an unnoticeable manner; it is supposed to make us aware of what it would be… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The success of the Inklings also helps us to see criticism in a positive light. There are, unfortunately, people who boost their own sense… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
“The medieval period based its scriptural exegesis upon the Vulgate translation of the Bible. There was no authorized version of this text, despite the… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
“Lewis's mental map of reality had difficulty accommodating the trauma of the Great War. Like so many, he found the settled way of looking… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Good does not triumph unless good people rise to the challenges around them. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Surely the better way is to pursue a generous orthodoxy, seeing disagreements in the context of the greater agreements which bind us together. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
“The rising influence of lay piety is particularly marked upon the Mariological controversies of the late medieval period. Two rival positions developed: the maculist… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
“We are doomed to remain incomplete in our present existence. Our hopes and deepest longings will remain nothing but just that; Our hopes and… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
We must not think that religious concerns swamped all other social activities. They simply provided a focal point for them. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
To reenchant nature is not merely to gain a new perspective for its integrity and well-being; it is to throw open the doors to… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Once ye made up yer mind to do somethin', 'tis better t'stumble o'er the small hillock of jump-ahead than t'bash yer head on the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I made $225.81 a week as an accountant, and I went to $400 a week as a stand-up. I was up to $800 a… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
How could anybody confuse truth with beauty, I thought as I looked at him. Truth came with sunken eyes, bony or scarred, decayed. Its… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When… — Natalie Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
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