As quoted in Men Who Have Walked with God (1992) by Sheldon Cheney, p. 198
Kontext: Unmovable disinterest brings man into likeness of God.... To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God.
„Now sure enough the vile man leads the vile!
As ever, god brings like and like together!“
— Homér, The Odyssey (Cowper)
XVII. 217–218 (tr. G. H. Palmer).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Original: (el) Νῦν μὲν δὴ μάλα πάγχυ κακὸς κακὸν ἡγηλάζει,
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον.
„Disinterested love for all living creatures, the most noble attribute of man.“
— Charles Darwin, buch The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
volume I, chapter III: "Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals — continued", page 105 http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=118&itemID=F937.1&viewtype=image
The Descent of Man (1871)
— Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia 1892 - 1975
University Graduation address (2 July 1963), published in Important Utterances of H. I. M. Emperor Haile Selassie I, 1963-1972 (1972), p. 22.
Kontext: Education is a means of sharpening the mind of man both spiritually and intellectually. It is a two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. That is why it has been Our constant desire and endeavor to develop our education for the benefit of mankind.
A qualified man with vision, unmoved by daily selfish interests, will be led to right decisions by his conscience. In general, a man who knows from whence he comes and where he is going will co-operate with his fellow human beings. He will not be satisfied with merely doing his ordinary duties but will inspire others by his good example. You are being watched by the nation and you should realize that you will satisfy it if you do good; but if, on the contrary, you do evil, it will lose its hope and its confidence in you.
— Jürgen Moltmann German Reformed theologian 1926
Quelle: The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology
— Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968
1950s, Give Us the Ballot (1957)
Kontext: I conclude by saying that each of us must keep faith in the future. Let us not despair. Let us realize that as we struggle for justice and freedom, we have cosmic companionship. This is the long faith of the Hebraic-Christian tradition: that God is not some Aristotelian Unmoved Mover who merely contemplates upon himself. He is not merely a self-knowing God, but an other-loving God forever working through history for the establishment of His kingdom.
„Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.“
— Sophocles ancient Greek tragedian -496 - -406 v.Chr
Quelle: Antigone, Line 277; cf. "Don’t shoot the messenger."
„It's light work for the gods who rule the skies
to exalt a mortal man or bring him low.“
— Homér, The Odyssey (Cowper)
XVI. 211–212 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Original: (el) Ῥηΐδιον δὲ θεοῖσι, τοὶ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσιν,
ἠμὲν κυδῆναι θνητὸν βροτὸν ἠδὲ κακῶσαι.
— John Woolman American Quaker preacher 1720 - 1772
Quelle: The Journal of John Woolman (1774), p. 36; as cited in: Ruth Marie Griffith (2008) American Religions: A Documentary History. p. 137
— Douglas Reeman British author 1924 - 2017
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 13 "No Fighting Sailor"
„Reason in man is rather like God in the world.“
— Thomas Aquinas Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church 1225 - 1274
Opuscule II, De Regno
— Art Clokey American animator 1921 - 2010
Quoted in obituary by Patrick S. Pemberton http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/982773.html, The Tribune (SanLuisObispo.com), 9 January 2010
„God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man.“
— Antonio Porchia Italian Argentinian poet 1885 - 1968
Dios le ha dado mucho al hombre; pero el hombre quisiera algo del hombre.
Voces (1943)
— Muhammad Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam 570 - 632
Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1376
Sunni Hadith
„Bring down a man and be the man“
— E.M.S Nigerian rapper, singer and record producer 1995
88 Bars (2012)
