-
May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.
-
The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.
-
When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
-
When you see someone putting on his Big Boots, you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
-
Our point isn't to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath the surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
-
What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?
-
But understand that I want to remain alone, truly alone, so I can precede my face, my voice, my hell without anyone telling me which is the best path, without anyone laughing at the giant's wings and the dwarf's legs that impede my gait.
-
September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.--from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
-
The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings.
-
View the past as your enemy, and it will be an albatross. View it as your friend, and it will give you wings.
