You entered into a Socratic dialogue in order to change; the object of the exercise was to create a new, more authentic self.
As the philosopher Walter Benjamin put it: There is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism.24
Beliefs and doctrines are not as important in Islam as they are in Christianity. Like Judaism, Islam is a religion that requires people to live in a certain way, rather than to accept certain credal p...
If they did not interrogate their most fundamental beliefs, they would live superficial, expedient lives, because the unexamined life is not worth living.7
Instead of waiting for God to descend from on high, I should deliberately create a sense of him for myself.
People are finding that in their dramatically transformed circumstances, the old forms of faith no longer work for them: they cannot provide the enlightenment and consolation that human beings seem to...
Philosopher Walter Benjamin put it: There is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism.
The anonymous Chinese author we know as Laozi pointed out that no matter how good his intentions, violence always recoils upon the perpetrator.
There is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death.
We may need to find a way of posing Socratic questions that lead to personal insight rather than simply repeating the facts as we see them yet again. We
We sometimes fail to recognize the signs of poverty, loneliness, grief, fear, and desolation in our own city, our own village, or our own family.
A disorderly spirituality that makes the practitioner dreamy, eccentric, or uncontrolled is a very bad sign indeed. In
A veil was, as it were, suddenly stripped away from a reality that had been there all the time, but which we had not seen before.
Any interpretation of scripture that bred hatred or disdain for others was illegitimate,
But aggression, righteous condemnation, and insult only make matters worse. Somehow we have to break the escalating cycle of attack and counterattack.
Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment.
De wetenschappelijke consensus is dat het verhaal van de uittocht niet historisch is. [...] Omstreeks 1200 v.C. is er in dit gebied voor het eerst sprake van een volk dat 'Israel' heet. Sommige wetens...
Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely, an unconsidered act of generosity would become the measure of a h...
După cum a explicat Grigorie de Nyssa în Comentariu la Cântarea Cântărilor fiecare concept pe care mintea îl înţelege este o piedică în calea celor care caută. Ţelul contemplatorului era să meargă din...
Everything that goes up must come down: that is a law of life, so to strengthen your enemy by yielding to him would actually hasten his decline. The
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