"Who is this that comes in grandeur, coming from the blazing East? This is he we had not thought of, this is he the airy Christ."

-- Stevie Smith

#East Quotes #Christ Quotes #Blazing Quotes

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.”
“Loudness is impotence.”
“What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next?”
“Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.”
“Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. The height of cultivation is really nothing special. It is merely simplicity; the ability to express the utmost with the minimum.”
“If you win all the time, you lose the drama in life. To make the happy moments happy, you need the sad moments too.”
“When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive.”
“We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.”

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