Logos In Greek Quotes & Sayings

It is certain that people do talk to themselves; there is no living being who has not done it. It may even be said that the word is never a more magnificent mystery than when it goes from thought to conscience within a man, and when it returns from conscience to thought; — Victor Hugo

There have always been dreamers. Men and women who catch a glimpse of something beyond themselves who dare to reach for goals and visions.. Yet no earthly dreamer can match the greatest of them all, the Dreamer who died on the cross to make His dream a reality. John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word." The literal meaning of logos, the original Greek term translated as "Word," is idea, thought or blueprint. It is an ancient Greek theatrical term describing the work of a playwright as he conceives, or dreams up, the plot of a play. So we could say, "In the beginning was the dream". — Tommy Tenney

Because [writers] Dan Weiss and David Benioff have done such a great job in adapting them, that's what we work with. It serves no purpose to anybody for actors to come onto a set with a well-thumbed copy of the source material and start querying why this or that line has been left out of the script. It's probably been left out for a good reason. — Charles Dance

Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things. — Sherwin B. Nuland

Mythos is the sum total of the early historic and prehistoric myths which preceded the logos. The mythos includes not only the Greek myths but the Old Testament, the Vedic Hymns and the early legends of all cultures which have contributed to our present world understanding. — Robert M. Pirsig

I am an actress - I am paid to verbalize other people's words, not create my own. — Judy Greer

Curious thing, rooms. Tell you quite a lot about the people who live in them. — Agatha Christie

Not only were the Jews expecting the birth of a Great King, a Wise Man and a Saviour, but Plato and Socrates also spoke of the Logos and of the Universal Wise Man 'yet to come'. Confucius spoke of 'the Saint'; the Sibyls, of a 'Universal King'; the Greek dramatist, of a saviour and redeemer to unloose man from the 'primal eldest curse'. All these were on the Gentile side of the expectation. What separates Christ from all men is that first He was expected; even the Gentiles had a longing for a deliverer, or redeemer. This fact alone distinguishes Him from all other religious leaders. — Fulton J. Sheen

It ain't life that left you no choice, its honor! — Ryk Brown

There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for. — Elisabeth Elliot

Church attendance may be dipping, but God can survive the Internet age. After all, He knows a thing or two about resurrection. — Rachel Held Evans

The best way to beat somebody is to show them who you are, and to succeed by doin' what they say you can't. — Tamera Alexander

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Josie's chestnut hair is pulled back on one side with some sort of tropical flower pinned at her temple; it ought to look ridiculous, but it doesn't. Instead, she reminds me of some 1940s movie goddess - sultry and luminous. Conley's arm is linked with hers, and he gazes at her like she's the brightest light in the room. — Claudia Gray

The space of early Greek cosmology was structured by logos - resonant utterance or word. — Marshall McLuhan