George Tyrrell quotes

What men deny is not God, but some preposterous idol of the imagination.
-- George Tyrrell

#Men #Idols #Imagination

The reductio ad absurdum is God's favorite argument.
-- George Tyrrell

#Argument #Absurdity #Ads

We do not need to prove religion to [people], but to show them that they are religious.
-- George Tyrrell

#Religious #People #Needs

All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.

A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.

Men have presented their plans and philosophies for the remedying of earth's ills, but Jesus stands alone in presenting not a system, but His own personality as capable of supplying the needs of the soul.

Taylor Swift is pretty hip...She seems pretty honest. I think that’s hip. She’s promoting knowing yourself, and that’s the best idol.

Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.

Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, and he who saith thou shalt to me is my mortal foe!

Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities.

Vision, the hallmark of leadership, is less a derivative of spreadsheets and more a product of the mind called imagination.

My favorite action movie growing up was 'Supergirl.' It wasn't good by any stretch of the imagination, but it was my favorite because I wanted to be her. I have a Supergirl tattoo.

Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.