But that is the thing about miracles: it is perception that determines them as such, not facts.
Interpretation
Miracles are defined by how we perceive them rather than by the objective facts surrounding them.
This quote emphasizes the subjective nature of miracles, suggesting that what we consider miraculous is heavily influenced by our personal perception and interpretation. While objective facts may not support the occurrence of a miraculous event, it is our emotional response and belief that often define it as a miracle in our lives.
In practice
During a speech about resilience, one might quote this when discussing how positive thinking can shape our experiences.
That idea is strange to me. People keep on loving? People keep on loving even if you are not there in their face everyday to remind them? People keep on loving even if they no longer see you at all? People keep on loving even if they are loving someone else? Impossible: to believe you can be loved in absence when you don't even know how it feels to be loved when you are there.
Once you step inside, history has to be rewritten to include you. A fiction develops a story that weaves you into the social fabric, giving you roots and a local identity. You are assimilated, and in erasing your differences and making you one of their own, the community can maintain belief in its wholeness and purity. After two or three generations, nobody remembers the story is fiction. It has become fact. And this is how history is made.
An important function of theology is to keep religion tied to reason and reason to religion. Both roles are of essential importance for humanity.
I know what good morals are,_x000D_ but you're supposed to disregard good morals when you're living in a crazy, bad world. If you're in hell, how can you live like an angel? You're surrounded by devils,trying to be an angel? That's like suicide.
...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And further, we have often heard and often said that justice consists of minding your own business and not interfering with other people.
When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.’ When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal. I haven’t had a message from John.
All the Utopias will come to pass only when we grow wings and all people are converted into angels.
Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.
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