One of the things that is wonderful about hymns is that they are a sort of universally shared poetry, at least among… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints. Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Would it not be prudent to get our civilization tools together, and see how much stock is left on hand in the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There's some belting hymns. Brilliant hymns. When I was an altar boy the hymns were great. — Peter Kay Copy Share Image
Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
the hymns were born in the fifteenth or sixteenth century or earlier, and listening to them was like licking an icicle: the… — Mary Cantwell Copy Share Image
My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school.… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
You either have it or you don't. You play your horn just like you sing a song or a hymn. If it's… — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
I didn’t look to the shore much after this first long and memorable glimpse. I looked up at Heaven and her court… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
It is not enough to say prayers: we must become, be prayer, prayer incarnate. All of life, each act, each act, every… — Paul Evdokimov Copy Share Image
Most of our American musical heritage is based on European models, but the folk hymns and spirituals are one of the most… — Mack Wilberg Copy Share Image
Seated upon the convex mound Of one vast kidney, Jonah prays And sings his canticles and hymns, Making the hollow vault resound… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“A JEWELRY STORE NAMED INDIA If you hold this Dazzling emerald Up to the sky, It will shine a billion Beautiful miracles… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
A few doors away was the Baptist Church, and as I walked towards it I began to think that people didn't want… — Can Themba Copy Share Image
Like civil-rights protesters who sang rousing hymns as they were carried off to jail, Twitterers are bearing witness to what's happening around… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
In perplexities-when we cannot tell what to do, when we cannot understand what is going on around us, let us be calmed… — Frances Ridley Havergal Copy Share Image
It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer – it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves… — Brian Houston Copy Share Image
The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people; I was saved, they were… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I am a Christian, and since the age of five I have been singing... chanting hymns containing the word 'Hosanna.' — Amy Jackson Copy Share Image
...Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle: legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non- violent.... They must harass, debate,… — Lorraine Hansberry Copy Share Image
But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing. — Richard Morris Copy Share Image
“All things that we ordained festival, Turn from their office to black funeral; Our instruments to melancholy bells, Our wedding cheer to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Storytelling has driven faith and religious practice, keeping them alive for millennia. Just as every hymn, icon, and stained-glass window in a… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
