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St. Peter in Prison by Rembrandt
Religion

To Prove God’s Existence

To stand on one leg and prove God’s existence is a very different thing from…
By Søren Kierkegaard
An Elderly Man Petitioning Christ - Attributed to John Martin
Religion

Good Teacher

As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before…
Flaying of Marsyas by Titian
Religion

Religion as Madness

Religion as madness is a madness springing from irreligiousness.…
By Ludwig Wittgenstein
Kneeling Saint by Frederik Bloemaert
Religion

Above and Beyond Knowledge

The source of everything “miraculous” is faith, and moreover a faith so bold that it…
By Lev Shestov
Woman Holding a Balance by Johannes Vermeer
Quotations/Religion

A Wise Lover

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love…
By Thomas à Kempis
The Vision of Saint Bruno by Pier Francesco Mola
Religion

The Heavenly and the Eternal

If God also adds that mystical and creative sensuality, which seeks to give external reality…
By Friedrich Schleiermacher
The Wave by Gustave Courbet
Religion

A Fathomless Sea

Like the darkness in a fathomless sea darkened
by wave above wave,
and above it…
By The Qur'an
Quotations/Religion

Ask Not Why

WHY? and WHEREFORE?— God wot, simply THEREFORE! Ask not WHY; ’tis SITH thou hast to…
By Thomas Carlyle
Religion

The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow…
By St. Francis of Assisi
Reflections/Religion

I

To reach, not the point where one no longer says I, but the point where…
By Deleuze
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