Books Quote by Samson Raphael Hirsch

“Whoever study the Holy Scripture, shall find the sacredness of the Holy WORDS.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The heroic books, even if printed in the character of our mother tongue, will always be in a language dead to degenerate times; and…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Attempting to contain the infinite within finite symbolism of language may result in scholarship, but it will not produce devotion. (110)”

— Prem Prakash

“Those who devote themselves to the study of Sacred Scripture should always remember that the various hermeneutical approaches have their own philosophical underpinnings, which…

— John Paul II

“A whole spectrum of possible relationships comes to light, beginning at one pole with the pious and inert quotation that is isolated and set…

— Mikhail Bakthin

“nothing is sacred in and of itself...Ideas, texts, even people can be made sacred... the act of making sacred is in truth an event…

— Salman Rushdie

“Language is a bountiful gift and its usage, an elaboration of community and society, is a sacred work.”

— Muriel Barbery

“As for logic and internal consistency, these mundane rules do not apply to sacred writings and never have...”

— Robert A. Heinlein

As a writer I try to operate within a framework of Christian principles, and the words that are important to me are religious words:…

— William Zinsser

Some people, who are deeply involved in an organized, traditional religion, find it very difficult to accept that their way isn't the only way.…

— Elizabeth Lesser

It is necessary for the Bible, in order to be accommodated to the understanding of every man, to speak many things which appear to…

— Galileo Galilei

What will be / the sacred words?

— Amiri Baraka