„He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.“
— Diogenes Laërtius biographer of ancient Greek philosophers 180 - 240
Bion, 50.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy
„Fortunate is he who has acquired a wealth of divine understanding, but wretched the one whose interest lies in shadowy conjectures about divinities.“
fr. 132
Variant translations:
Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom, but miserable is he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods.
tr. Arthur Fairbanks
Purifications
Original: (el) ὄλβιος, ὅς θείων πραπίδων ἐκτήσατο πλοῦτον,/δειλὸς δ’, ὧι σκοτόεσσα θεῶν πέρι δόξα μέμηλεν.
Quelle: Fairbanks, Arthur. (1898). The First Philosophers of Greece https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029013162. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd. p. 201.
Original
ὄλβιος, ὅς θείων πραπίδων ἐκτήσατο πλοῦτον,/δειλὸς δ’, ὧι σκοτόεσσα θεῶν πέρι δόξα μέμηλεν.
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antiker griechischer Philosoph und Politiker -490 - -430 v.ChrÄhnliche Zitate
— Bion of Borysthenes ancient greek philosopher -325 - -246 v.Chr
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 50.
— Bu Ali Shah Qalandar Indian Sufi saint 1209 - 1324
Quelle: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 270
— Anatole France French writer 1844 - 1924
Il ne savait rien, ne voulait rien savoir, en quoi il se conformait à son génie, dont il ne surchargeait point l’aimable petitesse, et son heureux instinct lui conseillait de comprendre peu plutôt que de comprendre mal.
La Révolte des Anges http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_R%C3%A9volte_des_anges_-_1 [The Revolt of the Angels], (1914), ch. I
„Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.“
— John Marks Templeton stock investor, businessman and philanthropist 1912 - 2008
The Quotable Sir John
— James H. Cone American theologian 1938 - 2018
Quelle: Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation, and Black Theology (1986), p. 9
„Those three divine attributes of a perfect woman: goodness, beauty and wealth.“
— Arthur Desmond New Zealnd writer 1859 - 1929
Rival Caesars (1903)
— Letitia Elizabeth Landon English poet and novelist 1802 - 1838
The Amulet, 1831 (1830), The Legacy
Other Gift Books
— Thomas Carlyle Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher 1795 - 1881
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero As King
„Tools are neither demonic nor divine. It’s all about who wields them.“
— Neal Shusterman American novelist 1962
Quelle: UnDivided
— Frederic G. Kenyon British palaeographer and biblical and classical scholar 1863 - 1952
Quelle: The Story Of The Bible, Chapter I, The Bible And Recent Discoveries, p. 2
„Our work is the love of God. Our satisfaction lies in submission to the Divine Embrace“
— John Ruysbroeck Flemish mystic 1293 - 1381
Quoted in Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness (1912) by Evelyn Underhill, p. 353
— Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Tamil politician and social reformer 1879 - 1973
Quoted in “Collected works of Periyar E.V.R.” p. 511.
Society
— Ellen G. White American author and founder/leader of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church 1827 - 1915
Education (1903) http://www.whiteestate.org/books/ed/ed.asp, Ch. 30, Faith and Prayer http://www.whiteestate.org/books/ed/ed30.html, p. 257
„Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.“
— Theognis of Megara Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC -570 - -485 v.Chr
Original: (el) χρήματα μὲν δαίμων καὶ παγκάκῳ ἀνδρὶ δίδωσιν,
Κύρν᾽: ἀρετῆς δ᾽ ὀλίγοις ἀνδράσι μοῖρ᾽ ἕπεται.
Quelle: Elegies, Line 149-150
— Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist 1817 - 1862
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/7cncd10.txt (1849), Sunday
— Colin Wilson, buch The Occult: A History
Quelle: The Occult: A History (1971), p. 280
Kontext: The real importance of Swedenborg lies in the doctrines he taught, which are the reverse of the gloom and hell-fire of other breakaway sects. He rejects the notion that Jesus died on the cross to atone for the sin of Adam, declaring that God is neither vindictive nor petty-minded, and that since he is God, he doesn't need atonement. It is remarkable that this common-sense view had never struck earlier theologians. God is Divine Goodness, and Jesus is Divine Wisdom, and Goodness has to be approached through Wisdom. Whatever one thinks about the extraordinary claims of its founder, it must be acknowledged that there is something very beautiful and healthy about the Swedenborgian religion. Its founder may have not been a great occultist, but he was a great man.
