“Art is viable when it finds elements in the surrounding environment. Our ancestors drew their subject matter from the religious attitudes which weighed on their souls. We must now learn to draw inspiration from the tangible miracles around us.” ArtSoulMatterInspirationReligiousAttitudeEnvironmentSubjectsElementsDrawsArt IsMiracleAncestorTangibleSubject Matter Author:Umberto Boccioni
“For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man. But South Africa does have soul.” MenDoeSoulRocksEqualDrawsMiracleWestSouthBottomStartingPhrasesSouth AfricaStarting Out Author:Athol Fugard
“Whatever it is that occurs at death, I believe it deserves to be called a miracle. The miracle, ironically, is that we don't die. The cessation of the body is an illusion, and like a magician sweeping aside a curtain, the soul reveals what lies beyond.” BelieveSoulBodyLyingDiesI BelieveIllusionDeserveMiracleCurtainsMagicianSweeping Author:Deepak Chopra
“A large portion of Christ's miracles of love were wrought at the urgent request of parents for their suffering children. Is that ear gone deaf to-day? Will He not do for our children's souls what He did for the bodies of the ruler's daughter, and the dead youth at Nain?” ChildrenSoulBodySufferingParentChristGoneYouthDaughterEarsMiracleOur ChildrenPortionsRulersDeafUrgentRequest Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“When every event was a miracle, when there was no order or system or law, there was no occasion for studying any subject, or being interested in anything excepting a religion which took care of the soul. As man doubted the primitive conceptions about religion, and no longer accepted the literal, miraculous teachings of ancient books, he set himself to understand nature.” MenBookSoulCareLawOrderStudyAtheismTeachingSubjectsEventsMiracleAncientPositive AtheismAcceptedOccasionsConceptionPrimitiveMiraculousLiteralDoubted Author:Clarence Darrow
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul.” MenSoulAtheismMiracleAimPositive Atheism Book:Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The plan was for Jesus to come to Earth two thousand years ago with a pocketful of miracles and souls for the people who were then alive. After his return to heaven from Earth he is going to build those mansions, come back before his generation dies out, finally put an end to the world which has been such a rotten disappointment, and deposit most of these souls in hell. No wonder heaven is only 12,000 furlongs wide, long, and high.” PeopleWorldYearsLongHas BeensTwoSoulEndsEarthDiesJesusHeavenWonderHellAlivePlansGenerationsAtheismReturnThousandYears AgoMiracleDisappointmentWideThousand YearsRottenMansionsDeposits Author:Ruth Hurmence Green