#scriptures

Even amongst fierce flames/ The golden lotus can be planted. ↗

— Bhagavid-Gita

#hope #sylvia-plath #scripture

We don’t exhaust the Bible even after reading it hundreds of times. Each time we read it we see it in a new light. That is the greatness of the holy scriptures. They are that way because they were created by holy prophets who experienced the truth. Each time we read these works we elevate ourselves to see a little more. (81) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#sacred-texts #scriptures #study #truth #yoga

The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India. ↗

— B. R. Ambedkar

#end #india #integrated #modern #must

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#generally #heavens #hide #like #privilege

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. ↗

— Bono

#christ #made #person #scriptures #simple

. . . I feel we don’t really need scriptures. The entire life is an open book, a scripture. Read it. Learn while digging a pit or chopping some wood or cooking some food. If you can’t learn from your daily activities, how are you going to understand the scriptures? (233) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#living #mindfulness #scriptures #food

I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth. ↗

— Martin Luther

#am #diligently #explaining #gates #heart

Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures. ↗

— James McHenry

#forcibly #general #holy #holy scriptures #most

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#clear #clear distinction #distinction #enjoyed #false

Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice. ↗

— Randall Terry

#context #cowardice #justify #out #retreat