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Almsgiving, according to the Gospel, is not mere philanthropy; rather it is a concrete expression of charity, a theological virtue that demands interior conversion to… — Pope Benedict XVI
An old essay by John Updike begins, 'We live in an era of gratuitous inventions and negative improvements.' That language is general and abstract, near… — John Updike
It's not about facts, it's about feelings. It's about remembering feelings and happiness. A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle… — Agnes Martin
Our thesis is that symbols and myths are an expression of man's unique self-consciousness, his capacity to transcend the immediate concrete situation and see his… — Rollo May
In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing with general principles,… — William Strunk, Jr.
For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply… — Josiah Royce
The terrible part of this looming catastrophe is that people have been working on solutions for years and have developed concrete steps to massively reduce… — David Suzuki
We ought not to confine ourselves either to writing or to reading; the one, continuous writing, will cast a gloom over our strength, and exhaust… — Seneca the Younger
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially… — Robert Sternberg
Every thought, good or bad, becomes concrete; it materializes and becomes a reality. — Emile Coue
To be an abstraction does not mean that an entity is nothing. It merely means that its existence is only a factor of a more… — Alfred North Whitehead
Beavers bred in captivity, inhabiting a concrete pool, will, if given the timber, fatuously go through all the motions of damming an ancestral stream. — Evelyn Waugh
To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality. — Bell Hooks
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. — Salvador Dali
Just as God's love entered the world, thereby submitting to the misunderstanding and ambiguity that characterize everything worldly, so also Christian love does not exist… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
But still, the other voice, the intuitive, returns, like grass forcing its way through concrete. — Susan Griffin
You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into… — Napoleon Hill
Every fact of science was once Damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation was… — Robert Anton Wilson
Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form except the power which gave it birth-yourself. — Genevieve Behrend
The challenge is to make the church's yes to life concrete and effective. The struggle will be long, and it needs each one of you.… — Pope John Paul II
God is basic Fact. He must not be thought of as a featureless generality. He is the most concrete thing there is. — C.S. Lewis
Money alone is absolutely good, because it is not only a concrete satisfaction of one need in particular; it is an abstract satisfaction of all. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go… — Clara Hughes
Christianity stands or falls as a living program, a way of life, made concrete in the life of man by the life of God through… — Kenneth Lee Pike
You have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples to whom you… — Pope Francis

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