Quotes about Meaning
Language is not a human invention to be used in whatever way serves our interests. If God is the first speaker, then language is his creation. This means that our ability to speak was given to us by the Creator and it exists for his glory.
— Timothy Lane
God has a bigger agenda for our relationships than we do
— Timothy Lane
The NIV reinforces this view by translating the last phrase to read "the kingdom of God is within you." But Jesus is saying, "The kingdom is in your midst," pointing to an internal and external reality.
— Timothy Lane
Your words are always in pursuit of some kind of kingdom.
— Timothy Lane
relationships when they were meant to point us to the perfect relational satisfaction found only with God.
— Timothy Lane
Words can be powerful or they can be cheap. What makes words powerful is the action that flows from them. Theology also can be powerful or cheap. What makes right thinking about God powerful is the life that emerges daily from that theology.
— Timothy Lane
The great things of life are what they seem to be, and for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, are often difficult to interpret. But the little things of life are symbols. We receive our bitter lessons most easily through them.
— Oscar Wilde
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
— Oscar Wilde
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
— Oscar Wilde
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there are hope.
— Oscar Wilde
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
— Oscar Wilde
To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul.
— Oscar Wilde