Glory and repose are things that cannot possibly inhabit in one and the same place. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The bottom of the soul may be in repose, even while we are in many outward troubles; just as the bottom of… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
If, therefore, man has come into the world to search for God and, if he has found Him, to adhere to Him… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
Nowadays this is the way everyone loves himself; people wish to live with God in consolations and repose, in wealth and power,… — Hadewijch Copy Share Image
Each morning sees some task begin, each evening sees it close. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Woman is the Sunday of man: not his repose only, but his joy; the salt of his life. — Jules Michelet Copy Share Image
The repose necessary to all beauty is repose, not of inanition, nor of luxury, nor of irresolution, but the repose of magnificent… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles?… — Plato Copy Share Image
In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you have no right to be tired! You have to work till you reach the glory! Sometimes you must refuse to… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
This is what I found out about religion: It gives you courage to make the decisions you must make in a crisis,… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
All manifest life seems to require a period of sleep, of calm, in which to gain added strength, renewed vigour, for the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Life and perfection, joy and repose and whatever all the senses desire, lie in the distinguishing spirit, and from it they have… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Either still I find Some imperfection in the chosen theme, Or see of absolute accomplishment Much wanting, so much wanting, in myself,… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Be not afraid, though every stay Should fail, or be removed away, And thou be stript of all; But lose thyself in… — Gerhard Tersteegen Copy Share Image
There should be hours for necessities, not for delights; times to repair our nature with comforting repose, and not for us to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman - repose in energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm; the heroes, in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Something attempted, something done, Has earned a nights repose. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Ambition is, of all other, the most contrary humor to solitude; and glory and repose are so inconsistent that they cannot possibly… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Repose without stagnation is the state most favorable to happiness. "The great felicity of life," says Seneca, "is to be without perturbations. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
