Thomas Yalden quotes

“Darkness, thou first great parent of us all, Thou art our great original!”
-- Thomas Yalden

Source : Thomas YALDEN (1833). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Yalden: to which is Prefixed, a Biographical Sketch of the Author, by the Editor. Magnet Edition”, p.5

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“Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight, Whilst distance recommends them to the sight. Plac'd afar off, they beautiful appear: But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.”
-- Thomas Yalden

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“For malice will with joy the lie receive, Report, and what it wishes true believe.”
-- Thomas Yalden

Source : Thomas YALDEN (1833). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Yalden: to which is Prefixed, a Biographical Sketch of the Author, by the Editor. Magnet Edition”, p.73

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“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”

“Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.”

Source : FaceBook post by A.S. Byatt from Jun 30, 2010

“When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare.”

“I was born Muslim, my parents are Muslim, I am Bosnian. I cannot be anything else.”

“I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.”

“In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.”

“If I had a life with Woods to look forward to I knew I could fight whatever darkness that tried to take me. Before Woods, I didnt know what I was living for. In my search to find myself, Id found so much more. I knew now why I wanted to live. I understood love. I had found it.”

“God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.”

“In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.”