“To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.” PersonsScienceFoundUnitedTeachFunction Author:John Henry Newman
“In the United Kingdom, for example, the sheer overwhelming dominance of London makes it extremely for provincial cities to develop more than a very restricted financial function. London, in that sense, is akin to the notorious upas tree, a fabulous Javanese tree so poisonous that it destroys all life for many miles around itself.” UnitedCitiesTreeExampleFunctionFinancialLondonMilesKingdomsOverwhelmingSheerFabulousDominancePoisonousNotoriousUnited Kingdom Book:Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century Source: Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century
“[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates in particular the article of the Constitution of the United States which declares that Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment.... This particular church, therefore, would so far be a religious establishment by law, a legal force and sanction being given to certain articles in its constitution and administration.” StatesGovernmentLawCertainGivenForceChurchReligiousUnitedUnited StatesAtheismParticularEssentialsAuthorityFunctionConstitutionBillsCongressPositive AtheismAdministrationDistinctionArticlesEstablishmentExceedSanctionsConstitution Of The United States Author:James Madison
“Faith as ultimate concern is an act of the total personality. It happens in the center of the personal life and includes all its elements. Faith is the most centered act of the human mind. It is not a movement of a special section or a special function of man's total being. They all are united in the act of faith.” MindHumansHappensFaithUnitedSpecialMovementPersonalityElementsConcernUltimateFunctionHuman MindPersonal LifeSections Author:Paul Tillich