#explanation

In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

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The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child? ↗

— William Godwin

#clear #explanation #his #love #more

And do you accept the idea that there is no explanation? ↗

— Julio Cortazar

#explanation #idea #you

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. ↗

— Red Auerbach

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If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

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People struggling with life in a fallen world often want explanations when what they really need is imagination. ↗

— Paul David Tripp

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It was so easy to be wise in the explanation of an experience one has not personally witnessed. ("The Wendigo") ↗

— Algernon Blackwood

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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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