And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the Mother of Jesus was there..."

" Whenever a person gazes upon an object he receives in himself an image of that object. Those who gaze at the true God receive in themselves the properties of the divine nature. Those who attend to the vanity of idols are changed into what they behold and become stone instead of men.” (St. Gregory of Nyssa quoted here and here, and paraphrased: "We become what we behold")

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Pe vremuri, una dintre sursele de legimitate in lumea literara erau injuraturirile lui Eugen Barbu si ale acolitilor. Nu era neaparat cea mai relevanta metoda, dar conta la palmares. De altfel, in general, ca strategie de evaluare a unui personaj, nu cred ca e nici pe departe cel mai slab criteriu. “Spune-mi ce prieteni (sau dusmani) ai ca sa-ti spun cine esti”, denota suficienta intelepciune traditionala. Din punctul acesta de vedere, viitorul presedinte al Romaniei, Klaus Iohannis, a strans, inainte de Read more