Carol P. Christ Quotes
The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior.
Quotes to Explore
-
At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
-
Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
-
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
-
The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
-
I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
-
If the limit of age 80 is at the summit of Mt Everest, the highest place on Earth, one can never be happier.
-
I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
-
I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
-
So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
-
Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
-
No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
-
Things heal. Bad stuff happens, but you go on. Life takes care of it.
-
One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.
-
When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.
-
I think you can say a lot of evil behavior by companies is short-term optimization.
-
We all dream things into being; you imagine yourself having a child, and then you have a child. An inventor will think of something in his mind and then make it actual. So things are often passing from the imagined realm into the real world.
-
I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
-
So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?
-
Finished things cease to be a shelter for the spirit; but work in progress is a delight
-
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.
-
Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that grow in the woods , the frolicking deer, a bird flying proudly, or fish swimming. Life is not all that grim. In the morning when you brush your teeth, you can see how shiny they are. Reality has its own gallantry, spark, and arrogance. You can study life while you are alive. You can study how you can achieve the brilliance of life.
-
You can play from the wrong position for a long time with good hands, but eventually it's going to catch up with you.
-
It's one thing to have a president with whose politics you disagree; it's another to have a president who doesn't even seem to care about your welfare.
-
The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior.
