Source: Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929), p. 17-18
Context: It is utterly unthinkable that Jesus would himself condemn a wrongdoer to everlasting torture. Like any other Oriental teacher he spoke in parables and figurative language. Allowance must also be made for misinterpretations by the persons who recorded their impressions of his words. Jesus frequently pointed out the inevitable consequences of human conduct. It would be easy for his hearers to assume that he was uttering threats of punishment...
The Cycles of American History (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986) p. 422
Source: Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life (1920), p. 58
Context: It is utterly impossible to measure the influence of Jesus upon the moral and spiritual progress of the world. The greater value put on human life, the more honored place of womanhood, the nobler attitude toward childhood, the abolition of many giant evils, are founded upon the spirit and teaching of Jesus. Our new world-ideal of democracy and human brotherhood is a direct outgrowth of his example and teaching. Much has been accomplished. Much more is still to be done.
Source: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (2021) cited in " Cuba’s Only Cosmonaut: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez https://aldianews.com/articles/leaders/cubas-only-cosmonaut-arnaldo-tamayo-mendez/68439" on Al Día News, 7 December 2021.
“We will always side with the wrongdoers.”
Oct. 13, 2016 [Tremblay, Pinar, November 1, 2015, Forget online dating, now the Turkish government will find you a spouse, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/turkey-election-pledges-davutoglu-offers-matchmaking.html, Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East]
John 17:3 http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwt/E/2013/43/17#h=115:287-115:408, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
Gospel of John
“By our enemies Jesus means those who are quite intractable and utterly unresponsive to our love.”
Source: Discipleship (1937), The Enemy, the "Extraordinary", p. 148.
“It would be unthinkably bad luck to be betrayed by a rumbling stomach.”
Source: The Burning Bridge
“Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable…unimaginable…unspeakable.”
Speaking in 1992, as quoted in "Ned Kelly and 'Mary Poppins' writer among top Irish-Australians" by Pádraig Collins, in The Irish Times (19 August 2009) http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0819/1224252870389.html
“Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.”
Source: The Nature of the Physical World (1928), Ch. 15 Science and Mysticism
