Quotes about Interpretation
Most of us are not really approaching the subject in order to find out what Christianity says; we are approaching it in the hope of finding support from Christianity for the views of our own party.
— CS Lewis
Humanity looks to works of art to shed light upon its path and its destiny.
— Pope John Paul II
We should throw the Epistle of James out of this school.
— Martin Luther
The fact that the biblical book Hebrews is not an epistle of St Paul, or of any other apostle, is proved by what it says in chapter two.
— Martin Luther
It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in which we become what we see or hear.
— Eugene Peterson
People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
— Soren Kierkegaard
When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it 'legalism.'
— Leonard Ravenhill
Sensation tell us a thing is. Thinking tell us what it is this thing is. Feeling tells us what this thing is to us.
— Carl Jung
I may have said the same thing before... but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.
— Oscar Wilde
I see little more important to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.
— John F. Kennedy
Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
— John Ortberg
Creation which cannot express itself becomes madness.
— Anais Nin