Lyndon B. Johnson

Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.

American President

Sophocles

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

Greek Poet

Frank Lloyd Wright

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.

American Architect

Aldous Huxley

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

English Novelist

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.

Russian Novelist

Khalil Gibran

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

Lebanese Poet

Nelson Mandela

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

South African Statesman

Martin Luther

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

German Leader

Lord Byron

The best prophet of the future is the past.

British Poet

Charles Spurgeon

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

British Clergyman

Most often used in discussing religions or spiritual beliefs, considered sacred.

Religious Context

A prophet is someone believed to have a direct line to the divine, not just any wise person.

Divine Connection

Prophets often have authority within religious groups based on their connection to the divine.

Spiritual Authority

Emphasizes the ability to predict events, not just any sort of general advice or wisdom.

Future Predictions

A prophet's predictions may not always come true; skepticism can be a common reaction.

Not Always Right

Many historical prophets are known, and specific references can provide context for their predictions.

Historical Context

This sense emphasizes active promotion or support of particular ideas or movements.

Advocacy

The term implies a visionary aspect, foreseeing and backing significant shifts or innovations.

Visionary Thinker

Being a prophet in this context indicates forward-thinking leadership in a field or discipline.

Thought Leadership

 because I was sort of upset about this Lamanite story and this crazy gold plate story, but the truth was, I hadn't really thought this through, so I backpedaled a little and I said, "Well, what exactly do you mean by 'righteous'? And what do you mean by prophets? Like, could the prophets be women?"

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 we are invited to suspend our disbelief and consider the consequences of radical shifts in familiar and deeply engrained institutions. In this sense, the best science fiction fulfills the words of philosopher Michel Foucault, "I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls."

How science fiction can...

 an abstract celebration of the divine can still be found in arabesque patterns of Islamic textile design, with masterful flourishes of brushwork and Arabic calligraphy, where the words of the prophet assume a dual role as both literature and visual art. Likewise, in art from the early periods

A brief history of...

 they would have land and many descendants. From this promise came the land of Israel and the chosen people, but staying in that land and keeping those people together was going to be very difficult. The Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, but God freed them with the help of the prophet Moses,

The five major world...

 an urbanized world of maximum human aspiration and maximum human liberty. Now, prophets object to every bit of this. You can't dematerialize food and water, they point out. They say, you can't eat bits, and industrial agriculture has already given us massive soil erosion,

How will we survive when...

 So, was Herman Melville a secret prophet? The answer is no, and we know that thanks to a mathematical principle called Ramsey theory. It's the reason we can find geometric shapes in the night sky, it's why we can know without checking

The origin of countless...

 thereafter he went and lived in a town called Nazareth so was fulfilled what was said through the prophets he will be called a Nazarene this was not a party area this was not a happening place this was a kind of a quiet area in a lot

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 I mention this because there are prophets today who claim that technology will fundamentally alter the human condition and perhaps even transform the human species. One of their most cherished dreams

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 Have no fear for atomic energy 'cause none of them can stop the time. How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?

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 the preoccupations of the powerful prophets in the streets the preoccupations in the corridors of power