"And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness, Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will."

-- Joseph Glanvill

#Angel Quotes #Men Quotes #Yield Quotes

“I'd catch a punt naked, in the snow, in Buffalo, for a chance to play in the NFL.”
“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”
“A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.”

Source : William Blum (2006). “Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower”, p.123, Zed Books
“My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side.”
“The first step is the most important. It is the most crucial and the most effective as it will initiate the direction you have chosen.”
“Because, when I'm making music, I don't think about anything, you know? All I think about is what I want to hear. So that for me is what I want - I want my head to be constantly being rearranged.”

Source : "Plastic Man". Interview with Marc Weidenbaum, disquiet.com. October 14, 2001.
“O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone ...”
“The ethos and critique are of poetry, which becomes a rich dark with a phosphorescence of lyric as witness.”

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