Levitical Priesthood Quotes & Sayings

You can have a pretty good first line but not a strong enough thought to tag along more lines and sometimes in the middle words become bored and make war on one another. Notebooks are full of these fragments, shrapnel of our intention. Life is short on conclusions and that's why it's often a struggle to end a poem. — Jim Harrison

Adding value to your life is the only way to fulfill your calling — Sunday Adelaja

The willingness to change one's mind in the light of new evidence is a sign of rationality not weakness. — Stuart Sutherland

In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides. — Heinrich Heine

All this imagery and syncretism of Yahweh with Asherah was, of course, frowned on by the Levitical priesthood and made intolerant zealots like Samuel furious. Asherah smiled to herself. In truth, the elitist inner circle of Levites was quite small and unable to enforce its will across the innumerable rural towns and villages of Israel. The polytheistic folk religion of the common man was often out of tune with the official national cult of monolatry. But it was much more influential on the daily lives of citizens, who did what they wanted without repercussion. Thus, Asherah had a stranglehold on Israel and could venture most anywhere she wanted, without much fear of being attacked by Yahweh's evil minions. The people empowered her with their worship. Their idolatry protected her. — Brian Godawa

His life before the triumph that defined his legacy was a reminder of the importance of patience, courage, and the absence of self-pity. — Tom Brokaw

I've always been altering clothing my entire life. But I would have to say my first real amateur endeavor would have to be drawing, designing and then literally cutting and sewing every piece of costume for my first band I formed in Hollywood. — Ashley Purdy

The moral strength of the Church depends upon purity of doctrine and not upon the mass of individuals. — Anonymous

If you pass life by it's jolly well going to pass you by in the future. If you're frightened it's all right--that's no harm; fear is an emotion. — E. M. Forster

Images
split the truth
in fractions. — Denise Levertov

It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise ... — Greta Garbo

You must dare the impossible. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I AM ALWAYS ALONE. BUT JUST NOW I WANT TO BE ALONE BY MYSELF. — Terry Pratchett

Being in Hawaii, it's almost impossible not to be fit, I think. — Henry Ian Cusick

If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life. — Benjamin Franklin

He realized that what he wanted most of all, with her, was time. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie