Source: The Sacred Depths of Nature (1998), p. 139
Context: For me, and probably for all of us, the concept of a personal, interested god can be appealing, often deeply so. In times of sorrow or despair, I often wonder what it would be like to be able to pray to God or Allah or Jehovah or Mary and believe that I was heard, believe that my petition might be answered. When I sing the hymns of faith in Jesus' love, I am drawn to their intimacy, their allure, their poetry. But in the end, such faith is simply not available to me. I can’t do it. I lack the resources to render my capacity for love and my need to be loved to supernatural Beings. And so I have no choice but to pour these capacities and needs into earthly relationships, fragile and mortal and difficult as they often are.
Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981) Swedish association football player
When asked about playing in the United States http://www.espn.in/football/soccer-transfers/story/2880702/zlatan-ibrahimovic-has-made-choice-amid-manchester-united-talk <br class="br">Attributed
“But shapes that come not at an earthly call,
Will not depart when mortal voices bid.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Dion, st. 5 (1814).
Eliphas Levi (1810–1875) French writer
Miscellaneous Quotes On the Subjects of Magic and Magicians
Source: Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magi Part I: The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic By Eliphas Levi (Alphonse Louis Constant), Translated by A. E. Waite, England, Rider & Company, England, 1896, p. 53
Roger Ebert (1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter
TED Talk http://www.ted.com/talks/roger_ebert_remaking_my_voice.html (March 2011) <br class="br">Context: It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That's why writing on the Internet has become a life-saver for me. My ability to think and write have not been affected. And on the Web, my real voice finds expression.
Harry Gregson-Williams (1961) British composer
Source: Composer Harry Gregson-Williams discusses Disney’s Mulan https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2020/09/exclusive-interview-composer-harry-gregson-williams-discusses-disneys-mulan/ (September 12, 2020)
“It is a difficult thing for a man to resist the natural necessity of mortal passions.”
Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
Of those whom God is slow to punish
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Brian Souter (1954) British businessman
As quoted on the CityAM Web Site http://www.cityam.com/news-and-analysis/the-father-the-uk’s-transport-business-sees-recovery-the-way (26th July 2010 )
