Gene Veith Quotes
Those who attempt to evangelize the culture by imitating its forms must beware lest the culture evangelize them.
Quotes to Explore
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Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
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I attempt to connect with my muse and go on demon rides.
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I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?
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We should attempt to bring nature, houses, and human beings together in a higher unity.
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Beware of anger. It is the most difficult to remove of all the hindrances. But it is the alcohol of the body, you know, and the devil of it is that it deadens the perceptions.
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Never not dare to hang yourself. That's the only way you grow in your profession. You must continually attempt things that you think are beyond you, or you get into a complete rut.
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I think the most important advice is, a person doesn't have to find out right away. It's not like their first attempt at finding a profession is the only one they're going to find. I might well have gone down other paths, and it still might have been okay. But if you find something that you love, and if it keeps deepening with each new experience, then just stay with it.
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Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.
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Beware of lawyers and consultants and people who do not take risks and who do not get their hands dirty.
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To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the gaze of knowledge behind one's own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point.
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Beware how you give your heart.
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There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt.
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Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.
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Art is an attempt to integrate evil.
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Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force.
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Stick to the narrations and the way of the salaf(pious predecessors) and beware of newly invented matters for all of it is innovation.
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A blanket attempt to avoid mistakes is the biggest mistake of all.
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Looks didn’t last forever and she wasn’t ready for religion yet. Money was kind of a good compromise, staked up somewhere between cosmetics and eternity.
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Be the same still mountain self and mountain peace no matter what the external conditions.
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I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom!
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Those who attempt to evangelize the culture by imitating its forms must beware lest the culture evangelize them.
