#scriptures

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations. ↗

— Galileo Galilei

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By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context. ↗

— Cat Stevens

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

— Bhagavid-Gita

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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

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. . . 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

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