Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
THOMAS AQUINAS (b. 1225 or 1226, d. 1274) is regarded as the greatest of scholastic philosophers. In all Catholic educational institutions that teach philosophy his system has to be taught as the only right one; this has been the rule since a rescript of 1879 by Leo XIII.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them. Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel when he said to Thee, “Speak, for thy servant heareth.” Let me hear Thee speaking in my heart. Let me get used to the sound of Thy Voice, that its tones may be familiar when the s
... See moreA. W. Tozer • The Pursuit of God
- It has been said often that it is safer to accept counsel from another than to give it (see Prov 12:15).
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to as one listens to the wind in the trees and the sound of the river and the song of the bird. They will awaken something within the heart that is beyond all knowledge.
Anthony De Mello • The Song of the Bird
As Hauerwas puts it, “Aquinas was right that only God is pure act. Only in God are existence and essence one. Accordingly, our language about God is necessarily analogical, which means that theology has the task of helping the church not say more about God than needs to be said.” Hannah’s Child, 52.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
Ganesha asked him, “Do you hear the murmuring of the brook?”
“Yes, I hear it,” answered the monk.
“There is the entrance.”