William Henry Drummond quotes

“I long to kiss the image of my death.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“There can be no greatness in things. Things cannot be great. The only greatness is unselfish love.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“Ten minutes spent in the presence of Christ every day, aye, two minutes, will make the whole day different.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“Do not quarrel ... with your lot in life. Do not complain of its never-ceasing cares, its petty environment, the vexations you have to stand, the small and sordid souls you have to live and work with.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“No man can run up the natural line of Evolution without coming to Christianity at the top.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“On what does the Christian argument for Immortality really rest? It stands upon the pedestal on which the theologian rests the whole of historical Christianity-the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“Men tell us sometimes there is no such thing as an atheist. There must be. There are some men to whom it is true that there is no God. They cannot see God because they have no eye. They have only an abortive organ, atrophied by neglect.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“There is nothing more appalling than the wholesale way in which unthinking people plead to the Almighty the richest and most spiritual of His promises, and claim their immediate fulfillment, without themselves fulfilling one of the conditions either on which they are promised or can possibly be given.”
-- William Henry Drummond

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“The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.”

“When a clandestine couple kisses, it is much more likely that sex will immediately follow. This is because there is much more risk. Once you have kissed secretly, it is very difficult not to have sex. It would be impolite not to have sex. You have to show that you are serious about each other.”

Source : Adam Thirlwell (2004). “Politics”, Random House

“As a result of a kiss, there arises in the mind a wonderful feeling of delight that awakens and binds together the love of them that kiss....”

“The last kiss is given to the void.”

Source : Aidan Higgins (1997). “Flotsam and jetsam”

“…kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks.”

“When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.”

“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”

“Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower abdomen and his mental focus. He was always concentrated on the inner alignment through breath.”

“Autumn can be glorious but menacing too - the long shadows, brisk winds, scurrying leaves, impending frost.”

Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.96, Penguin

“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”