Sallie McFague quotes

A metaphor is a word used in an unfamiliar context to give us a new insight; a good metaphor moves us to see our ordinary world in an extraordinary way. (Sallie McFague)
We do not "look” at something or someone; we "eat” it: we are like "cannibals” consuming the world for our own benefit. "The only people who have any hope of salvation are those who occasionally stop and look for a time, instead of eating.” Here we have Weil's version of changing from a position of egocentrism to egolessness. ... Weil is claiming that it all starts with paying attention to the other-any other-as the way to form our appropriate stance toward the world and all its creatures. Her essay titled "Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God” joins what appear to be opposites-a child's concentration on working on a math problem and training for loving God. From her own earliest days, she saw the value of studying math and science, disciplines that demanded an openness and patience to a subject outside of oneself and whose truth did not rest with one's own interpretation. View quote
Sallie McFague