Estou lendo A Divina Comédia, e me surpreendendo a cada passo de Dante Alighieri e seu companheiro Virgílio (o escritor romano). Em certa altura, lê-se: “Estulto é quem espera que a nossa razãopossa percorrer toda a infinita via,que tem uma substância em três pessoas. Contentai-vos de conhecer as obras de Deus;porque se os homens tivessem […]

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“Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow and to love him as they love their cow – they love their cow for the milk and cheese and profit it makes them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or […]

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“‘How can you worship a homeless Man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?’ said the sign outside St. Edward’s Cathedral in Philadelphia” (Christianity Today). Tal e qual: “‘Como você pode adorar um Sem-teto no domingo e ignorar um sem-teto na segunda?’, diz o cartaz da catedral de Santo Edwards, na Filadélfia” (revista Christianity Today).

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“O mais lindo era que o vestido não parava um só instante. Não parava de faiscar e brilhar, e piscar e furtar-cor, porque os peixinhos não paravam de nadar nele, descrevendo as mais caprichosas curvas por entre as algas boiantes. As algas ondeavam as suas cabeleiras verdes e os peixinhos brincavam de rodear os fios […]

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“First they came for the communists,and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.Then they came for the socialists,and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist.Then they came for the trade unionists,and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the […]

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“Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than grown men and women, who fail to live it worthily, but who think they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure” (Henry David Thoreau). Em linguagem de brasileiro, soa mais ou menos assim: “As crianças, que brincam de viver, discernem a […]

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