Lucantonio Salvi Quotes & Sayings

Some events mark us so deeply that they find more force of presence in their aftermath than in their occurrence. — R. Scott Bakker

Barabbas ("Son of the Father") is a kind of Messianic figure. Two interpretations of Messianic hope are juxtaposed here in the offer of the Passover amnesty. In terms of Roman law, it is a case of two criminals convicted of the same offense - two rebels against the Pax Romana. It is clear that Pilate prefers the nonviolent "fanatic" that he sees in Jesus. Yet the crowd and the Temple authorities have different categories. If the Temple aristocracy felt constrained to declare: "We have no king but Caesar" (Jn 19:15), this only appears to be a renunciation of Israel's Messianic hope: "We do not want this king" is what they mean. They would like to see a different solution to the problem. Again and again, mankind will be faced with this same choice: to say yes to the God who works only through the power of truth and love, or to build on something tangible and concrete - on violence. Jesus — Pope Benedict XVI

I just love acting. Being in theater or being in television or film, I'm really living out my destiny. — Sufe Bradshaw

The spine as a whole operates as a functional unit. Each vertabra can affect its neighbor and one portion of the spine may affect or damage other areas of the body. — Don Davis

Contemplation + action = breakthrough — Lada Ray

It is a glorious thing, to be able to write with pen on paper instead of nail or hook into oak, to feel one's words flowing so smoothly from instrument to surface, without the barriers of friction or poor leverage, and yet its own subtle tactile pleasures as the nib scratches tiny channels into the sheet. And here, unlike in his cabin, here he feels no division between his mind and his hand, no errors in translation or static in the transmission: the words appearing on the page are the ones he has intended to put there, the images match the scenes in his mind, the sensations the very ones that warm his chest, prickle his scalp, push against his eyes. — Doug Dorst

With all the challenges in the housing market, it's clear we need a new vision for the way we design our homes, our communities-and even our lives. — Sarah Susanka

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power on behalf of tyranny and oppression. — Malcolm X

A rose gets its color and fragrance from the root, and man his virtue from his childhood. — Austin O'Malley

Writing is an escape from life reading is living a different life. — Sofia Kennedy

Science is about reading the world from a gradually widening point of view. — Carlo Rovelli

In a fortnight Lilith had figured out more about me than anyone had ever cared to know, and I could only hope that she would hold it gently. — Tabitha McGowan

As he turned round and drove away, he saw her standing in the driveway, in her white dress, looking for all the world like a child dropped off against her will after a custody weekend. — Pico Iyer

The Internet is going to have a bigger impact on content creators than the television ever had. The reason why that's the case is that suddenly you're able to tell stories 24/7 in the home, out of the home, in every room of the home. A television screen can be in your pocket through a smartphone. — Jason Kilar