Prophetic Quotes

85 Prophetic quotes by 71 unique authors

The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time to listen to… — Jean Vanier
I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've… — Ayi Kwei Armah
Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the… — Brennan Manning
It is possible, however, that the artist is both thin-skinned and prophetic and, like the canary lowered into the mine shaft to test the air,… — Walker Percy
As far as sacred Scripture is concerned, however much froward men try to gnaw at it, nevertheless it clearly is crammed with thoughts that could… — John Calvin
Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to… — Carl Sagan
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten. ...What is interesting is brought forward as if it had been central and… — George Santayana
Alan Turing gave us a mathematical model of digital computing that has completely withstood the test of time. He gave us a very, very clear… — George Dyson
In the history of the prophetic biblical canon that starts with Genesis, the Koran is by far the most tolerant of the views of other… — Reza Aslan
I have always felt that the truth is prophetic, and that if you describe precisely what you see and give it life with your imagination,… — Paul Theroux
In politics, Joseph Smith was something of a radical. He preached, instead of democracy, a version of theocratic rule within a framework given by his… — Noah Feldman
We need great prophetic leaders in religion and in spirituality... what we are getting is lacking in vision... not able to engage with the diversity… — John O'Donohue
Brigham Young had a prophetic vision. — Gordon B. Hinckley
I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can. — Greg Boyle
The field of ageing research is full of characters. We have hucksters claiming that cures for ageing can be bought and sold; prophetic seers, their… — S. Jay Olshansky
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had. — Walter Martin
Hence I pronounce this, that as old experience doth attain to something like prophetic strain, so all comely facility traces back to long pondering; intuitions… — Unknown Author
Art as radar acts as an early alarm system, as it were, enabling us to discover social and psychic targets in lots of time to… — Marshall McLuhan
How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles! — John Mason Brown

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