"There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them."

-- Vincent de Paul

#Wisdom Quotes #Fall Quotes #Faults Quotes

“It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.”
“A gentleman, is a rarer thing than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle--men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant and elevated; who can look the world honestly in the face, with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small? We all know a hundred whose coats are well made, and a score who have excellent manners; but of gentlemen how many? Let us take a little scrap of paper, and each make out his list.”
“In view of my services in Africa, I have the chance of dying by poison. Two generals have brought it with them. It is fatal in three seconds. If I take the poison, none of the usual steps will be taken against my family; that is, against you. They will also leave my staff alone.”
“Human civilization has been no more than a strange luminescence growing more intense by the hour, of which no one can say when it will begin to wane and when it will fade away.”

Source : W. G. Sebald (2016). “The Rings of Saturn”, p.101, New Directions Publishing
“I just wanted to sing, and I didn't want my music to be unique to the US. I wanted Africans to hear it and know that South African music was still alive.”
“I'm very glad to have something to be passionate about. I can't imagine a life without passion.”
“Two of the central ingredients to our family are food and faith, so sitting down together and thanking God for the food He's provided means everything to us. Prayer is a natural part of our lives - not only around the dinner table but all day long.”

Source : Interview with Emily Whitten, world.wng.org. December 19, 2013.
“An underestimated element in poetry, that reading aloud makes clear, is the pause. I mean especially the force of a pause or a couple of pauses close together, contrasted with a longer unit of grammar.”

Source : "The Pause: An Underestimated Element in Poetry". poemsoutloud.net. April 14, 2009.

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