There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
Aggressiveness, complaints, pressures, drama and polemics can wipe out a favor or a promise and stain a generous deed.
If you could hear the angels pen your deeds... what would you be doing with your life?
If other people do not understand our behavior—so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to us. If this is being "asocial" or "irrational" in their eyes, so be it. Mostly they resent our freedom and o...
THE HOST is riding from Knocknarea And over the grave of Clooth-na-bare; Caolte tossing his burning hair And Niamh calling Away, come away: Empty your heart of its mortal dream. The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round, Our cheeks are pale, our hair ...
I shall bere your noble fame, for ye spake a grete worde and fulfilled it worshipfully.
Men are not angels,” Akhmar affirmed. “And so men have the chance to be noble, in a way that angels cannot.
Sentirse importante es un vicio, no una virtud, no importa lo escondido que está como participación en algo noble.
It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.
You don’t have to keep living in a dystopia simply because you’re strong and noble enough to accept it.
If philosophy has to serve some really noble purpose, it must be more observant than critical towards life.
It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.
Don’t be so caught up in the noble cause of responsibility that you lose your passion for who you are living for.
The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on.
My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.
He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.
When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.
My beloved Elisa, my companion and wife, whom I love and revere, is one of the most noble of our Heavenly Father's handmaidens.
