John Dominic Crossan quotes

My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally. (John Dominic Crossan)

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Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. View quote
Laozi
Poverty consists not in the decrease in one's possessions, but in the increase in one's greed. View quote
Plato
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. View quote
Aesop
Confine yourself to the present. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. View quote
Sophocles

John Dominic Crossan

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