Quotes
Authors
Robert Nathan
"Give thanks for sorrow that teaches you pity; for pain that teaches you courage-and give exceedingly thanks for the mystery which remains a mystery still-the veil that hides you from the infinite, which makes it possible for you to believe in what you cannot see." --
Source : Robert Nathan (1970). “Mia”, Knopf Books for Young Readers
Robert Nathan
#Pain Quotes
#Believe Quotes
#Giving Quotes
“Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.”
Source : Rex Stout (2010). “The League of Frightened Men”, p.87, Bantam
“A man pleaser cannot be true to God, because he is a servant to the enemies of his service; the wind of a man's mouth will drive him about as the chaff, from any duty, and to any sin.”
“I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful.”
“Confit is not something that comes to mind for summer. Usually it means duck confit, made by cooking the legs and thighs in duck fat to preserve them for winter.”
“As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a writer.”
“The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.”
“I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.”
“But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy, stricken places in my soul, And the occasional ghosts that haunt my gaze.”
Source : Siegfried Sassoon (1949). “Collected Poems”
