“Myth was regarded as primary; it was concerned with what was thought to be timeless and constant in our existence. Myth looked back to the origins of life, to the foundations of culture, and to the deepest levels of the human mind. Myth was not concerned with practical matters, but with meaning. Unless we find some significance in our lives, we mortal men and women fall very easily into despair. The mythos of a society provided people with a context that made sense of their day-to-day lives; it directed their attention to the eternal and the universal.” PeopleMenMindHumansMadeMatterFallCultureLevelsExistenceAttentionOur LivesAtheismDespairEternalMen And WomenConcernedUniversalFoundationConstantPositive AtheismMythPracticalsMortalsPrimariesSignificanceHuman MindTimelessDay To DayDay LifeOrigin Of LifeDay To Day Life Book:The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism Source: The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism
“Each individual is more or less dimly aware of his significance, is aware that he's something innately superior, something eternal--and lives, is obligated to live, in the moment and for the moment.” SelfMomentsLife IsIndividualEternalEternitySuperiorsSignificanceLive In The MomentTransience Author:Ivan Turgenev
“If we have no zeal for the glory of God our mercy must be superficial, man-centred human improvement with no eternal significance. And if our zeal for the glory of God is not a revelling in his mercy, than our so-called zeal, in spite of all its protests, is our of touch with God and hypocritical.” IfsMenHumansCompassionEternalGloryMercyImprovementSpiteProtestSignificanceSuperficialZealGlory Of GodHypocritical Author:John Piper
“The progressive growth of the finite consciousness of man towards this Self, towards the universal , the eternal, the infinite, in a word his growth into spiritual consciousness by the development of his ordinary ignorant natural being into an illumined divine nature, this is for Indian thinking the significance of life and the aim of human existance.” ThinkingMenHumansSelfSpiritualGrowthNaturalConsciousnessDivineDevelopmentEternalOrdinaryUniversalInfiniteAimIgnorantIndianSignificanceProgressiveFiniteDivine NatureSignificance Of Life Author:Sri Aurobindo
“Testimony is personal knowledge, based upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, that certain facts of eternal significance are true.” FactsCertainHolyEternalGhostWitnessSignificanceTestimonyHoly GhostPersonal Knowledge Author:David A. Bednar
“Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.” WantLongDesirePassionEternalChristian InspirationalSignificanceCoast Author:John Piper
“Something of eternal significance transpired there. Not only was the calendar of the world changed, but heaven itself and eternity were affected.” WorldHeavenChangedEternalEternityChristmasSignificanceAffectedCalendars Author:J. Vernon McGee
“And people who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives... and when the bubble has burst they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsGodShowsChristianAsksForgetChristianityLordOur LivesWasteEternalEternityMissionsSignificanceWasting TimeMissionaryBubblesBurstingDon't Waste Your TimeMissions In LifeGreat MissionaryChristian MissionaryInspirational MissionaryMissionary LifeMission Trip Author:Nate Saint