"None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it."

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Source : richard chenevix trench (1862). “notes of the parables of our lord”, p.325

Richard Chenevix Trench

#Heart Quotes #Soul Quotes #Longing Quotes

“When people tell me they've learned from experience, I tell them the trick is to learn from other people's experience.”
“The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. The first of these a just philosophy will probably induce us universally to explode.”
“Medication without explanation is obscene.”
“For to wish to forget how much you loved someone-- and then, to actually forget-- can feel, at times, like the slaughter of a beautiful bird who chose, by nothing short of grace, to make a habitat of your heart.”
“Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream V. If I could have your attention for just a few moments, I'd like to go over the safety features of this aircraft. It has an engine, to make us go, and wings, to keep us in the air. There are seatbelts, which won't do you an awful lot of good if we fly into the side of a mountain.”
“I don't compose. I assemble materials.”

Source : "Aaron Copland: the Life and Work of an Uncommon Man". Book by Howard Pollack, 1999.
“But it became clear as time went on that in Mr. Bush's mind the New World Order was founded on a convergence of goals and interests between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, so strong and permanent that they would work as a team through the U.N. Security Council.”
“The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music.”

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