Quotes about Definition

Love is a continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love.

Now, it would be wholly foolish to deny the existence of laws of nature. And if that is what we are talking about when we say God, then no one can possibly be an atheist, or at least anyone who would profess atheism would have to give a coherent argument about why the laws of nature are inapplicable. I think he or she would be hard-pressed. So with this latter definition of God, we all believe in God.

God is non-man, heaven is non-earth, soul is non-body, virtue is non-profit. A is non-A, perception is non-sensory, knowledge is non-reason. Their definitions are not acts of defining, but of wiping out.

God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.

Intentions must mature into commitments if we are to become persons with definition, with character, with substance.

So when I read that there is the fear of the Lord in the New Testament, I have to adjust my definition. What I think, live, and teach must be consistent with the Bible, so I allow what is written to prune my definition until it will stand the test of God's Word itself.

A writer is defined by the language in which he writes, and I would stick to that definition.

Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its potential for giving hope.

Truth by definition excludes.

If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness.

I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.

Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.