"Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth."

-- Francis of Assisi

#Loss Quotes #Pet Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I was always amused by the prayers of the saintly. â€œGod do this, God donâ€™t do that.â€ I thought God probably laughed at them too, unless He was a little annoyed by their temerity.”
“A technique I developed quite naturally to help me make smooth transitions was to use a word or phrase from the next routine in the preceding one.”
“The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.”

Source : Wendell Phillips (1891). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters: Second series”
“It seems a bit weird to call someone your girlfriend when you have a child.”
“A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.”

Source : "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.
“God's first, then family, then whatever else you love.”
“The woman is the man's glory, and she naturally delights in the praises which are assurances that she is fulfilling her function; and she gives herself to him who succeeds in convincing her that she, of all others, is best able to discharge it for him. A woman without this kind of "vanity" is a monster.”

Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.20, Lulu.com
“You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.”

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