Etienne Gilson Quotes

For theology to remain formally one as a science, all the natural knowledge it contains must be directed and subordinated to the point of view proper to the theologian, which is that of revelation. Thus incorporated into the theological order, human learning becomes a part of the sacred doctrine which is founded on faith.

Etienne Gilson

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• The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.

  

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• A man is as alive as he can communicate.

  

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• I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.

  

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• At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them and see what everyone is doing. it's really fun and awesome that we're the only girls, because we can tackle issues that guys can't sing about.

  

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• The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'

  

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• The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.

  

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• I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost.

  

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• You do not defend a world that is already lost.

  

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• In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long, slow rebuilding process: implementing after-school programs, hiring more community workers to act as mentors, adding more job training programs in marginalized areas.

  

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• Hell, that's why they make erasers.

  

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• Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

  

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• Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

  

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• But lifting his dry hand He lightly touched the flowers: 'Tell me how men kiss you, Tell me how you kiss men.'

  

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• I can't even tell you how many different shows I would love to guest star on because there's just too many.

  

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• The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.

  

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• Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.

  

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• Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.

  

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• Not one woman over seventeen has any faith in her skin tone, and no woman over thirty can ever regard her upper arms with equanimity.

  

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• No, I don’t mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression. It grows in us, that fear. It grows in us year by year.

  

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• I'm not a 'big picture' sort of guy. I prefer making small improvements each day.

  

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• For theology to remain formally one as a science, all the natural knowledge it contains must be directed and subordinated to the point of view proper to the theologian, which is that of revelation. Thus incorporated into the theological order, human learning becomes a part of the sacred doctrine which is founded on faith.

  

  Etienne Gilson
  • Science
  • Faith
  • Knowledge