“The truth is that art does not teach; it makes you feel, and any teaching that may arise from the feeling is an extra, and must not be stressed too much. In the modern world, and in Canada as much as anywhere, we are obsessed with the notion that to think is the highest achievement of mankind, but we neglect the fact that thought untouched by feeling is thin, delusive, treacherous stuff.” ThinkingWorldFeelsMayDoeArtFactsFeelingsStuffTeachToo MuchTeachingModernMankindTruth IsAchievementHighestNotionAriseObsessedExtrasCanadaNeglectModern WorldStressedTreacherous Book:Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast Source: Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast
“The authentic and pure values, truth, beauty, and goodness, in the activity of a human being are the result of one and the same act, a certain application of the full attention to the object. Teaching should have no aim but to prepare, by training the attention, for the possibility of such an act. All the other advantages of instruction are without interest.” ShouldHumansCertainValuesInterestHuman BeingsResultsAttentionTeachingPossibilityObjectsTruth IsPureActivityGoodnessTrainingAdvantageShould HaveAimApplicationInstruction Book:Gravity and Grace Source: Gravity and Grace
“The truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether she’s wearing a bikini or a burqa. We don’t stop lust by covering up the female form; we stop lust by teaching men to treat women as human beings worthy of respect.” MenHumansFormHuman BeingsTeachingTruth IsFemaleTreatsWorthyLustCoveringBikinisBurqaFemale Form Author:Rachel Held Evans
“For hundreds of years the world was wrapped in a veil of spiritual darkness, until there was not one fundamental truth belonging to the place of salvation ...Joseph Smith declared that in the year 1820 the Lord revealed to him that all the 'Christian' churches were in error, teaching for commandments the doctrines of men.” MenWorldYearsChristianSpiritualChurchLordDarknessTeachingTruth IsFundamentalsSalvationErrorsDoctrineBelongingCommandmentsVeilsChristian ChurchJoseph SmithSpiritual Darkness Author:Joseph Fielding Smith