Ralph Hodgson quotes

“Some things have to be believed to be seen.”
-- Ralph Hodgson

Source : Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

#Faith Quotes

“The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.”
-- Ralph Hodgson

Source : Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

#Wall Quotes #May Quotes #Handwriting Quotes

“I did not pray Him to lay bare The mystery to me, Enough the rose was Heaven to smell, And His own face to see.”
-- Ralph Hodgson

Source : Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

#Prayer Quotes #Smell Quotes #Rose Quotes

“Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day?”
-- Ralph Hodgson

Source : Poems (1917) "Time, You Old Gipsy Man"

#Time Quotes #Men Quotes #One Day Quotes

“God loves an idle rainbow, no less than laboring seas.”
-- Ralph Hodgson

Source : Ralph Hodgson, “Reason Has Moons”

#Sea Quotes #Rainbow Quotes #God Love Quotes

“Did anyone ever have a boring dream?”
-- Ralph Hodgson

Source : Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

#Dream Quotes #Boring Quotes

“I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity Street.”
-- Ralph Hodgson

Source : Ralph Hodgson (2004). “The Last Blackbird and Other Poems by Ralph Hodgson”

#Sweet Quotes #Eye Quotes #People Quotes

“Without a wish, without a will, I stood upon that silent hill And stared into the sky until My eyes were blind with stars and still I stared into the sky.”
-- Ralph Hodgson

Source : 1917 'Song of Honour'.

#Stars Quotes #Eye Quotes #Sky Quotes

“Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science - he is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God. He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.”

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

“Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”

“...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.”

“I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.”

“Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.”

“I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.”

“The needs of the times will teach you what to do.”

“The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand, and the most precious that he possess, even if he does not realize it, is family life.”

“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.”

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