Dan Block quotes

“Reverential human acts of submission and homage before the divine Sovereign, in response to his gracious revelation of himself, and in accordance with his will.”
-- Dan Block

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“True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.”

“if the will is their servant then it is not sovereign, and if the will is not sovereign, we certainly cannot predicate 'freedom' of it.”

“Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.”

Source : Carl Schmitt (2010). “Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty”, p.44, University of Chicago Press

“If you will not worship God seven days a week, you do not worship Him one day a week.”

“The new is not revealed to those whose eyse are fastened in worship upon the old.”

Source : "Albert P. Ryder: centenary exhibition; Oct. 18 to Nov. 30, 1947".

“And let me die suddenly, to be born again in the revelation of beauty....And the revelation of beauty is the wisdom of the ancestors.”

“I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.”

Source : "Ailey's Troupe Explores Its Roots". Interview with Jennifer Dunning, www.nytimes.com. November 27, 1983.

“If, as Emerson wrote, every word was once an idea, every cliché was once a revelation.”

Source : Bradford Morrow (2014). “The Forgers”, p.18, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

“Consciousness is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation.”

“To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.”