Forsaken

Famous quotes containing the word forsaken:

“And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?””
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 27:46.

“God alone is our true good, and since we have forsaken him, it is a strange thing that there is nothing in nature which has not been serviceable in taking his place: the stars, the heavens, earth, the elements, plants, cabbages, leeks, animals, insects, calves, serpents, fever, war, famine, vices, adultery, incest.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“There are no instances known to me of cultures having forsaken Truth or renounced the understanding in its widest sense.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)