There has been and always will be plenty of arguments about the usefulness and harm of the spreading of the Bible. In my view the ...Bible will continue to cause harm when used in a dogmatic and fantastic manner; it will do good when used for didactic purposes and with sensitivity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The novel is a perfect medium for revealing to us the changing rainbow of our living relationships. The novel can help us to live,... as nothing else can: no didactic Scripture, anyhow. If the novelist keeps his thumb out of the pan.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The essential function of art is moral.... But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, ...rather than the mind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If it could be proved today that not one of the miracles of Jesus actually occurred, that proof would not invalidate a single one ...of his didactic utterances; and conversely, if it could be proved that not only did the miracles actually occur, but that he had wrought a thousand other miracles a thousand times more wonderful, not a jot of weight would be added to his doctrine.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Love, the fairest among the undying gods, who loosens the limbs of all gods and men, conquers resolve and prudent counsel wit...hin the breast.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »