Quotes about Interpretation
Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
You know the phrase 'Jesus laughed' isn't ever used in the Gospels. So, most people walk away with the idea that Jesus is a pretty serious guy, pretty sour faced most of the time, pretty upset at what's going on around Him.
— John Eldredge
When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.
— Oscar Wilde
No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.
— Oscar Wilde
I am afraid that as evangelicals, we think that a work of art only has value if we reduce it to a tract.
— Francis Schaeffer
God desires that we become spiritually healthy enough through faith to have a conscience that rightly interprets the work of the Holy Spirit.
— Beth Moore
No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
— George Eliot
More than that, we invite you to look at your words through the lens of Scripture.
— Timothy Lane
The Bible is the only reliable source for these life-interpreting facts.
— Timothy Lane
The great things of life are what they seem to be, and for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, are often difficult to interpret. But the little things of life are symbols. We receive our bitter lessons most easily through them.
— Oscar Wilde
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
— Oscar Wilde
I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.
— Oscar Wilde