Quotable Soul: Inspiring Quotations Crossing Time and Culture - Softcover

Setzer, Claudia

 
9780471308294: Quotable Soul: Inspiring Quotations Crossing Time and Culture
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0471308293 ISBN 13: 9780471308294
Verlag: John Wiley &Sons, 1994

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The Quotable Soul "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." --Martin Luther King, Jr. "I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." --Mother Teresa "My heart and I lie small upon the earth like a grain of throbbing sand." --Zitakala-Sa "The true is Godlike: we do not see it itself; we guess at it through its manifestations." -- J. W. von Goethe This treasury of inspiring quotations captures the essence of our universal search for truth. Over 1,000 quotations cover a vibrant spectrum of timeless topics. Traveling across time and space, coming from diverse viewpoints, they all possess the power to delight the soul, soothe the spirit, and challenge the intellect. In her search for the wise, the eloquent, and the profound, Claudia Setzer draws from a vast array of classic and contemporary sources, the writings and spoken words of women and men from diverse cultural backgrounds throughout recorded history. Their reflections on the soul, God, charity, love, courage, evil, compassion, and many other topics provide hours of pleasure and abundant insight. A Stonesong Press Book

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CLAUDIA SETZER, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York. She is also the author of Jewish Responses to Early Christians.

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The Quotable Soul "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." ?Martin Luther King, Jr. "I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." ?Mother Teresa "My heart and I lie small upon the earth like a grain of throbbing sand." ?Zitakala-Sa "The true is Godlike: we do not see it itself; we guess at it through its manifestations." ? J. W. von Goethe This treasury of inspiring quotations captures the essence of our universal search for truth. Over 1,000 quotations cover a vibrant spectrum of timeless topics. Traveling across time and space, coming from diverse viewpoints, they all possess the power to delight the soul, soothe the spirit, and challenge the intellect. In her search for the wise, the eloquent, and the profound, Claudia Setzer draws from a vast array of classic and contemporary sources, the writings and spoken words of women and men from diverse cultural backgrounds throughout recorded history. Their reflections on the soul, God, charity, love, courage, evil, compassion, and many other topics provide hours of pleasure and abundant insight. A Stonesong Press Book

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Verlag
John Wiley &Sons
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0471308293
ISBN 13 
9780471308294
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
260
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