Christian Greek Scriptures

Famous quotes containing the words christian, greek and/or scriptures:

    “O, I have passed a miserable night,
    So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights,
    That, as I am a Christian faithful man,
    I would not spend another such a night
    Though ‘twere to buy a world of happy days,
    So full of dismal terror was the time.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    “A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.”
    —Umberto Eco (b. 1932)