Witness Lee (1905–1997) Chinese Christian preacher
The Glorious Vision and the Way of the Cross, of Witness Lee - By Living Stream Ministry, ISBN 978-0-87083-479-0
Witness Lee (1905–1997) Chinese Christian preacher
The Glorious Vision and the Way of the Cross, of Witness Lee - By Living Stream Ministry, ISBN 978-0-87083-479-0
Maimónides book Mishneh Torah
Book 1 (Sefer HaMadda'<!--[sic]-->), 4.12
Mishneh Torah (c. 1180)
Context: When a man reflects on these things, studies all these created beings, from the angels and spheres down to human beings and so on, and realizes the divine wisdom manifested in them all, his love for God will increase, his soul will thirst, his very flesh will yearn to love God. He will be filled with fear and trembling, as he becomes conscious of his lowly condition, poverty, and insignificance, and compares himself with any of the great and holy bodies; still more when he compares himself with any one of the pure forms that are incorporeal and have never had association with any corporeal substance. He will then realize that he is a vessel full of shame, dishonor, and reproach, empty and deficient.
“The divine is God's concern; the human, man's.”
Max Stirner book The Ego and Its Own
Cambridge 1995, p. 7
The Ego and Its Own (1844)
Context: The divine is God's concern; the human, man's. My concern is neither the divine nor the human, not the true, good, just, free, etc., but solely what is mine, and it is not a general one, but is — unique, as I am unique. Nothing is more to me than myself!
William Paley (1743–1805) Christian apologist, natural theologian, utilitarian
Vol. I, Book II, Ch. V.
The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (1785)
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Glimpses (1916-17)
Thoughts and Glimpses (1916-17)
Jung Myung Seok (1945) South Korean Leader of New Religious Movement, Poet, Author, Founder of Wolmyeongdong Center
Extracted from the Official English Website on Jung Myung Seok http://jungmyungseok.net/
“To create is divine, to reproduce is human.”
Man Ray (1890–1976) American artist and photographer
"Originals Graphics Multiples" (1973) <!-- as quoted in Man Ray : American Artist (1988) by Neil Baldwin, p. 323 -->
Context: An original is a creation motivated by desire.
Any reproduction of an original is motivated by necessity.
The original is the result of an automatic process, the reproduction, of a mechanical process. In other words: Inspiration then information; each validates the other.
All other considerations are beyond the scope of these statements.
It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
Source: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Swiss philosopher
[2008, Christianity / Islam, World Wisdom, 105-106, 978-1-933316-49-9]
God, Outline