Maurice Blondel quotes
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“If you really want to understand a man, don't just listen to what he says but watch what he does.”
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“To will nothing, then, is ..looking ..for that infinite virtuosity that always enters into the game and always runs off”
-- Maurice BlondelSource : Maurice Blondel, Oliva Blanchette (2004). “Action (1893): essay on a critique of life and a science of practice”, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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“The ultimate function of art is to make men do what they want to do, as it is to make them recognize what they know.”
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“To unmask the deceit of every instinct for preservation is to procure salvation for humanity in nothingness.. ..Nothingness must be defined as the absense of all willing.”
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
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“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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