Some knew “the Word”

 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”. 
The Gospel according to John 1:1


“I am Alpha & Omega, the beginning and the ending, the first and the last saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8; 21:6; 22:13


“I have much more to tell you, but now it would be too much for you to bear. When, however the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about God, he will lead you into all the truth. He will not speak on his authority, but he will speak of what he hears...” 
Jesus Christ quoted as saying in The Gospel according to John, 16:12-13


“Don’t talk Much, and use the words sparingly, one at a time,
     By this One Word, solve the riddle of a hundred thousand.”
Yusuf Has Hacip of Balasagun; Kutadgu Bilig (1070).


“The archer that never misses is Rain,
     The sage that never mistakes is Echo...”
Mahmut of Kaþgar; Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk (1072).


“Am I to die then, O My God, for not saying It ?”
Yunus Emre, Turkish sufi poet, 13th c.


Benim dilim guþ dilidir...
   
 
Benim ilim dost ilidir,
        Ben bilbelim, dost gülüdür
           Bilin, gülüm solmaz benim.”

Yunus Emre, Turkish sufi poet, 13th c.

abdalmusa

 


“Who knows of how many extractions we are from,
     Certainly not from a spark of fire, nor a drop of water!
        ... ...
          {But} We are in the mighty arrow and from the hidden bow.

Abdal Musa, Turkish sage & poet, 14
th  c.
(He made this comment when the prevailing knowledge of his time used to assert that man was made of four elements. –DT)


“Ýncecikten bir kar yaðar,
    Tozar Elif, Elif diye...
      Ak elleri kalem tutar,
       Yazar Elif, Elif diye...”

“In fine hail is the snow,
   It swirls Aleph, Aleph...
     In her white hand is the pen,
       She scribes Aleph, Aleph...”

Karacaoðlan, Turkish folk poet, 15th c.


Muhyî sana olan himmet
   Âþýk isen cana minnet
     Elif Allah, mim Muhammed
      Kisvemizdedir d
âl’ýmýz
Muhyî, Turkish sufi poet, 16th c.


“La mère du mair est tombé dans la mer...”
Anonymous French saying.


“Child is the Father of Man...”
W. Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)


“And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
 Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?”

W. B. Yeats (1865 - 1939); The Second Coming

Shaw


“If we want to spell English correctly the way it should be, then we have to write GHOTI instead of FISH, as in enouGH, wOmen, attenTIon.”
G. B. Shaw (1856 - 1950)


“God does not play dice!..”
A. Einstein

 


“Sky be blue, and more than blue,
     Wind be flesh and blood,
      Flesh and blood be deathless...”

Kenneth Thysson (?), American poet, 20
th c.

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