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Jacques Ellul Quotes: The fact of knowing how to read is nothing the whole point is knowing what to read.
         

The fact of knowing how to read is nothing the whole point is knowing what to read.


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Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.

Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.



Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.

Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.



Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement.

Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement.



The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief



No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.

No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.



When God picks out a man and speaks to him, it is to engage him in a work, an action. Nowhere in Scripture do we find indeterminate or purely mystical vocation.

When God picks out a man and speaks to him, it is to engage him in a work, an action. Nowhere in Scripture do we find indeterminate or purely mystical vocation.



The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.

The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.



Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.

Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.



Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.

Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.



The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.

The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.





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I had some people say to me, you don't - you wouldn't give air time to a holocaust denier. Why bother covering if [Donald Trump] tweet is totally crazy?



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Just take me with you. Please. I cant. Please, Papa. I cant. I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant.



The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text of whatever song you have.

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I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'



I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27).

I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27).



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I moved to New York to do theater, and I got cast in a play that was funny, and then I was the funny guy. I did a movie that was funny, and then I was the funny guy.




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