"As the profoundest philosophy of ancient Rome and Greece lighted her taper at Israel's altar, so the sweetest strains of the pagan muse were swept from harps attuned on Zion's hill."

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Source : Edward Thomson (1856). “Essays, moral and religious”, p.35

Edward Thomson

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“I design differently because I am Patrick Kelly, and Patrick Kelly is black”
“How fugitive and brief is mortal life between the budding and the falling leaf.”

Source : Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1907). “The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems”
“Never be afraid of your Bibles.”
“The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.”

Source : "The Last Unicorn". Book by Peter S. Beagle, 1968.
“Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.”
“I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young.”
“I had utterly abandoned myself to Him. Could any choice be as wonderful as His will? Could any place be safer than the center of His will? Did not he assure me by His very presence that His thoughts toward us are good, and not evil? Death to my own plans and desires was almost deliriously delightful. Everything was laid at His nail-scarred feet, life or death, health or illness, appreciation by others or misunderstanding, success or failure as measured by human standards. Only He himself mattered.”

Source : "They Found the Secret: Twenty Transformed Lives that Reveal a Touch of Eternity".
“Our thinking tends to be hazy, hasty, narrow, or sprawling-causal terms for impulsive. Just like anything else, thinking skills require upkeep. If they aren't nourished, they'll fade away.”

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