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Divine Quotes by Elaine Pagels
- The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the central…
- Unlike many deities of the ancient Near East, the God of Israel shared his power with no female divinity, nor was he the divine husband…
- Startling as the Gospel of Judas sounds, it amplifies hints we have long read in the Gospels of Mark and John that Jesus knew and…
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- Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or… — Mary Kay Ash
- The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. — Irving Babbitt
- The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. — Hosea Ballou
- St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment. — Isaac Barrow
- We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the… — Saint Basil
- Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine. — Charles Baudelaire
- To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the… — Joseph Addison
- Suffering is part of the divine idea. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man… — Ludwig van Beethoven
- Are you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material… — Ezra Taft Benson