“...A reminder of the human acts of which we are all capable, the brutal and the tender, the base and the sublime.” — Human Acts Han Kang Copy Share Image
Hard toil can roughen form and face, And want call quench the eye's bright grace. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Nothing so effectually deadens the taste of the sublime as that which is light and radiant. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“We were enveloped in that state of grace where one melds with the flow of Nature. Having once tasted it, one craves… — Jack Loeffler Copy Share Image
Gratitude is what we radiate when we experience grace, and the soul was made to run on grace the way a 747… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“My grace is sufficient for thee. The words soothed her soul like a healing balm.” — J.E.B. Spredemann Copy Share Image
The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I do not understand the mystery of grace -- only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Marian Palaia is a writer of startling grace and sensuous lyricism - reading her, you feel as if you've never heard language… — Jonis Agee Copy Share Image
I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
Lord, this humble house we'd keep Sweet with play and calm with sleep. Help us so that we may give Beauty to… — Edgar Guest Copy Share Image
“Poor Aubrey: I hope he will get all right. He brought a strangely new personality to English art, and was a master… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
“when that small Siberian bird fell out of the sky over Gray's River, not once but twice, he brought with him the… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
Perfect moments, especially when they verge on the sublime have the grave disadvantage of being very short lived, which in fact, being… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Christ's boundless grace confronts our deep necessities. Christ's promised presence confronts our sad and gloomy loneliness. Jesus thus filled with grace so… — Octavius Winslow Copy Share Image
But prosperity, and the happy issue of events, ought also to be attributed to his grace, in order that he may always… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“I think I'm beginning to understand that the quest is the point. Our sense of enchantment is not triggered only by grand… — Katherine May Copy Share Image
“BLACK AND WHITE Oh Princess of the Sun. Daughter of nature. Love of the trees. Your eyes are with tears but love… — Victor Vote Copy Share Image
“There, then, is the role of the amateur: to look the world back to grace. There, too, is the necessity of his… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“Mankind in the aggregate I have found to be brutish, ignorant and unkind, whether those qualities were covered by the coarse tunic… — John Williams Copy Share Image
The thought that, insignificant as she was, she yet might do some good, made her very careful of her acts and words,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
There is a way of living that has a certain grace and beauty. It is not a constant race for what is… — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
All is grace. Nothing happens by chance, everything happens for a reason. Life is beautiful! — Joel Randymar Copy Share Image
“We know every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering… - Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1986” — Edward Iwata Copy Share Image
“We must look to God for His grace and His power to perfect godly qualities in our lives.” — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“I offer this succinct synopsis of Bonhoeffer on the Christian life: We live in love by grace as the church-community—in, through, and… — Stephen J. Nichols Copy Share Image
“An new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer. — William Carey Copy Share Image
Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Not physical attraction or social grace, but a woman's faith is the defining characteristic of her suitability to be an excellent wife. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we learn to focus on love, grace, and gratitude, life is really quite lovely. — Isha Judd Copy Share Image
“Approach My throne of grace with bold confidence, receiving My Peace with a thankful heart.” — Sarah Young Copy Share Image
“I received the grace of shadows. The grace of remaining in the dark. - From A Nest of Quiet: A Notebook” — Anna Kamieńska Copy Share Image
In loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and a growth in divine love. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace. — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
After deep exercise of soul I was brought by grace to feel I could entirely. — John Nelson Darby Copy Share Image
