False Messiah Quotes

#1. The Secret Revelation of John opens, again, in crisis. The disciple John, grieving Jesus' death, is walking toward the temple when he meets a Pharisee who mocks him for having been deceived by a false messiah. These taunts echoed John's own fear and doubt.

Elaine Pagels

#2. Poetry, my dear friends, is a sacred incarnation of a smile. Poetry is a sigh that dries the tears. Poetry is a spirit who dwells in the soul, whose nourishment is the heart, whose wine is affection. Poetry that comes not in this form is a false messiah.

Khalil Gibran

#3. She imagined herself drowning along the tides of Sumendu Lake, down own into the depths of solemn solitude, splashing into the serenity of forever silence.

Ashmita Acharya

#4. Texans ignore "better," long ago forgot the useless word "good." Everything in Texas is "best."

Edward Smith

#5. The end always happens faster than you think.

Charlie Fletcher

#6. Once I engage in something, I really engage in it, and I love the process of reading and researching because I come from an academic background.

Michael Hirst

#7. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Hunter S. Thompson

#8. There were dozens of people who walked through the Holy Land claiming to be the Messiah, curing the sick, exorcising demons, challenging Rome, gathering followers. In a way, there's nothing unique about what Jesus did. In fact, many of these so-called false Messiahs we know by name.

Reza Aslan