Quotes about Expression

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Man creates what he is.

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Joy is the emotional expression of the courageous YES to one's own true being.

I like a prayer book and liturgy to guide me in my faith rather than falling back into my comfort zone of controlling reality with my learned and carefully chosen words, and without leaving it up to me to come up with what to say here and now when I just may not feel like it.

We perceive God, think about God, and talk about God in ways that make sense to us by virtue of when and where we live.

Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

And Job continued his discourse:

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.