Ancient Quote by Matthew Arnold

“I wouldn’t say “art” as much as “virtue,” in the ancient Greek sense of “andreia” – manly action – or “arete,” excellence. In my…

— Steven Pressfield

“The word "virtue" was once found in so many ancient quotes, yet now seems lost in our modern lives.”

— Robert Colton

“I have argued elsewhere (Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence [2005]) that we need to treat ethics in biblical texts just as we…

— Hector Avalos

Jesus is a mythical figure in the tradition of pagan mythology and almost nothing in all of ancient literature would lead one to believe…

— Dennis McKinsey

At bottom, textual criticism for virtually all other ancient literature relies on creative conjectures, or imaginative guesses, at reconstructing the wording of the original.…

— Daniel B. Wallace

...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in…

— Samuel Johnson

We have Christians against Muslims against Jews. They're making incompatible claims on real estate in the Middle East as though God were some kind…

— Sam Harris

There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament.

— F. F. Bruce

Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or…

— Hermann Hesse

“All of us and perhaps all of you read in childhood, while in school, that greatest of all monuments of ancient literature, the Official…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

I thought it was strange that I was called after a woman who killed herself in ancient literature. You just don't call your kid…

— Dido Armstrong

No one has written the way Isaiah does. The royal style, the majesty of the language. He is called the prince of the prophets.…

— Elie Wiesel