William Sharp quotes

“A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.”
-- William Sharp

Source : William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp (1910). “The Winged destiny. Studies in the spiritual history of the Gael”

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“Go to the winter woods: listen there, look, watch, and "the dead months" will give you a subtler secret than any you have yet found in the forest.”
-- William Sharp

Source : William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp (1910). “The silence of amor. Where the forest murmurs”

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“In the beginning, said a Persian poet Allah took a rose, a lily, a dove, a serpent, a little honey, a Dead Sea apple, and a handful of clay. When he looked at the amalgram it was a woman.”
-- William Sharp

Source : William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp (1912). “Selected Writings”

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“My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
-- William Sharp

Source : "The Lonely Hunter" l. 24 (1896) See McCullers 1

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“The desire of love, Joy:The desire of life, Peace:The desire of the soul, Heaven:The desire of God ... a flame-white secret forever.”
-- William Sharp

Source : William Sharp (1907). “From the hills of dream: threnodies, songs and later poems, by Fiona Macleod”

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“The swift years slip and slide adown the steep; The slow years pass; neither will come again.”
-- William Sharp

Source : William Sharp (2015). “The Washer of the Ford: Legendary Moralities and Barbaric Tales”, p.177, Library of Alexandria

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“The gray silence, the gray waves, the gray wastes of the sea.”
-- William Sharp

Source : "Longing" in "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.

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“When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, "I want to make a creature of you. Condense." And the Wind condensed.”

“The oldOld winds that blewWhen chaos was, what doThey tell the clattered trees that IShould weep?”

“I don't know where this Arctic wind has come from but it's freezing!”

“The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis.  God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!”

“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”

“The Lord has different names according to His different activities. For example, His name is Madhusüdana because He killed the demon of the name Madhu; His name is Govinda because He gives pleasure to the cows and to the senses”

“There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when things are quiet, all is well. Subconsciously, we tend to give the preference to 'social peace,' though it be only apparent, because our lives and possessions seem then secure. Actually, human beings acquiesce too easily in evil conditions; they rebel far too little and too seldom. There is nothing noble about acquiescence in a cramped life or mere submission to superior force.”

Source : "The Essays of A. J. Muste (Pacifism and Class War)". Book edited by Nat Hentoff, 1967.

“He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.49, Macmillan

“I am a big admirer of Sachin and his personality. He is a source of inspiration for the country and just looking at his photographs gives a lot of positive vibes.”

“Share your presence with others, no boundaries, completely, openly, lovingly. Love is what makes us alive, that is why we feel so alive when we love. Service is being available to love. Life is the combustion of love. That we love ourselves here, that is the true magnificence in the mountains of being.”

Source : "The Vast Expanse" by Alex Grey, August 22, 1994.