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“We encounter God in the face of a stranger. That, I believe, is the Hebrew Bible’s single greatest and most counterintuitive contribution to ethics. God creates difference; therefore it is in one-who-is-different that we meet god. Abraham encounters God when he invites three strangers into his tent.”
― The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
― The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
“Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”
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“There are indeed moral universals — the Hebrew Bible calls them ‘the covenant with Noah’ and they form the basis of modern codes of human rights. But they exist to create space for cultural and religious difference…”
― The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
― The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
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