John Quotes
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know? Can it be death?
The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.
A crown Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns, Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights To him who wears the regal diadem
Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways.
For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.
Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.
But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, 4 to perplex and dash Maturest counsels.
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.
If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th' All-giver would be unthank'd, would be unprais'd.
The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change.
I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth foregoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.
Be patient. Like storms, the challenges will pass. Know too, that like the sun, your true soul self is constantly radiating.
Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour.
When you tug at a single thing in the universe, you'll find its attached to everything else.
What is worthwhile in life? I think it is worth living and dreaming. If you don't you may be dead anyhow - inside.
Wander here a whole summer, if you can ... Thousands of wild blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted
To ask me whether I could endure to live without friends is absurd. It is easy enough to live out of material sight of friends, but to live without human love is impossible.
Quench love, and what is left of a man's life but the folding of a few jointed bones and square inches of flesh? Who would call that life?
Winds are advertisements of all they touch, however much or little we may be able to read them; telling their wanderings even by their scents alone.
I am very blessed. The Valley is full of people, but they do not annoy me. I revolve in pathless places and in higher rocks than the world and his ribbony wife can reach.
No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself.
The conservation movement is a breeding ground of Communists and other subversives. We intend to clean them out, even if it means rounding up every bird watcher in the country.
The great guardian principle of all conduct in the church of God is personal responsibility to the Lord.
Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.
So dress and conduct yourself so that people who have been in your company will not recall what you had on.
