Belief systems thrive in circumstances of collision. They are energized by their opposites. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes belief circumstance collision
What I have experienced, and experienced repeatedly, is the silence of God. For many years, this was a distressing matter for me. I did not consider it an experience, but the absence of an experience. James P. Carse absencedistressexperience Change image and share on social
The Bible... provides no guide to reading the Bible. In fact, it is full of such inconsistencies, contradictions, lacunae, obscurities, baffling tales, and poetic imagery that to quote it at all is to select from conflicting alternative passages. Every quotation is therefore necessarily an interpretation. James P. Carse alternativebafflebible share on social
In an encounter with divine reality, we do not hear a voice but acquire a voice, and the voice we acquire is our own. James P. Carse acquiredivineencounter Change image and share on social
I was a really bad teenager and I got my tongue pierced. I don't even remember where I did it, but it was under very surreptitious circumstances. Lucy Alibar badcircumstancepierce Change image and share on social
I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lies'. They go from big, silly, and comedic to very real dramatic moments in the wink of an eye. David Nevins bigcollisioncomedic Change image and share on social
Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history. Mal Peet beliefconnectdidacticism Change image and share on social