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Quotes about Demise

Israel's hopes were not for the demise of the space-time universe, but for the earth to be full of God's glory. It
- NT Wright
So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
- 1 Chronicles 10:6
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’
- Ezekiel 26:18
To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
- 2 Corinthians 2:16
He has gone to the demnition bowwows.
- Charles Dickens
Man has a tyrant, ignorance. I voted for the demise of that particular tyrant. That particular tyrant has engendered royalty, which is authority based on falsehood, whereas science is authority based on truth. Man should be governed by science alone. And conscience, added the bishop. It's the same thing. Conscience is the quota of innate science we each have inside us.
- Victor Hugo
The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
- NT Wright
God has to work on the soul in secret and in darkness because if we fully knew what was happening and what Mystery-Transformation-God-Grace will eventually ask of us we would either try to take charge or stop the whole process. No one oversees his or her own demise willingly even when it is the false self that is dying.
- Fr. Richard Rohr