James Cone Quotes

#1. As the African American theologian James Cone notes, "Far from being songs of passive resignation, the spirituals are black freedom songs which emphasize black liberation as consistent with divine revelation.

James Martin

#2. In no case do we have a company that just happened to be sitting on the nose cone of a rocket when it took off.

James C. Collins

#3. Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.

James H. Cone

#4. Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her.

James Hal Cone

#5. Patrick Cheng's Radical Love is not only an excellent introduction to LGBT theology but an important contribution to the discipline of theology and the life of the church. It is a must read for anyone who cares about the health of the church and theology today.

James H. Cone

#6. The coming of Christ means a denial of what we thought we were. It means destroying the white devil in us. Reconciliation to God means that white people are prepared to deny themselves (whiteness), take up the cross (blackness) and follow Christ (black ghetto).

James H. Cone

#7. It is ironic that America, with its history of injustice to the poor, especially the black man and the Indian, prides itself on being a Christian nation.

James H. Cone

#8. I reached my hand out and held it palm open next to hers, and after a moments hesitation she took my hand and squeezed it. I felt absurdly happy.
We were a couple of badass monster killers all right. Maybe on the way back to Choo's she'd let me buy her an ice cream cone.

Elliott James

#9. Powerful words, a soft embrace, & facial expression that can warm your heart. Growth shows you to appreciate what you didn't before.

April Mae Monterrosa

#10. To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people!

James H. Cone

#11. I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans.

Osama Bin Laden

#12. When the messenger won't tell you what the hell the message is, my trigger finger gets twitchy. Dismissed.

Orson Scott Card

#13. Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.

Christian Bale

#14. Some people believe that Moore's Law will continue to be accurate until about 2015.

Charles Petzold

#15. The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end.

Rob Simmons

#16. The acid test of any truth is found in whether it aids victims in their struggle to overcome victimisation.

James H. Cone

#17. One can lynch a person without a rope or tree.

James H. Cone

#18. Anger and humour are like the left and right arm. They complement each other.

James H. Cone

#19. The truth about injustice always sounds outrageous.

James H. Cone

#20. The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophical or theological speculation rather than of simple faith, and is accordingly nowhere expressly taught in Holy Scripture

James H. Cone

#21. Black racism is a myth created by whites to ease their guilt feelings. As long as whites can be assured that blacks are racists, they can find reasons to justify their own oppression of' black people.

James H. Cone

#22. To sing about freedom and to pray for its coming is not enough. Freedom must be actualized in history by oppressed peoples who accept the intellectual challenge to analyze the world for the purpose of changing it.

James H. Cone

#23. This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge.

Jean Piaget

#24. If we save the planet and have a society of inequality, we wouldn't have saved much.

James H. Cone

#25. While the Bible is to be applied to the times, it is not to be subservient to the times. Thus unity across economic, cultural, and ethnic lines should be proclaimed not because it is the latest fad but rather because it is the clear teaching of the eternal Word of God.

James Cone

#26. I am fortunate to have a very helpful team that enables me to spend time doing things that are important but not necessarily urgent. People who have no such team need to also make these larger decisions so that they can cheerfully say No to that which is urgent but not important.

Stephen Covey

#27. Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology.

James H. Cone

#28. In the act of worship itself, the experience of liberation becomes a constituent of the community's being ... It is the power of God's Spirit invading the lives of the people, "building them up where they are torn down and propping them up on every leaning side".

James H. Cone

#29. One day in 1984, at the height of his fame, Michael Jackson made a visit to the White House. President and Nancy Reagan may not have dug his music, but they understood the power Mr. Jackson commanded as a common pop-cultural touchstone for just about everyone else.

Monica Crowley

#30. At a certain point in his life he stopped searching for himself in everything that exists and gave in to temptations. Or, as you say, he sinned and later fled.

Laura Esquivel

#31. Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.

James Hal Cone

#32. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.

James H. Cone