Failing Quote by Annie Dillard Download Open image “The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.” — Annie Dillard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Failing God May Soul Spirituality
He that seeketh anything else but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
But we need not fear that we can lose any thing by the progress of the soul. The soul may be trusted to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation… — Quran Copy Share Image
“The Soul that sits within is ready to give everything, but not even for a moment has one had the faith 'I won't ever… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The soul answers never by words, but by the thing itself that is inquired after. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“This is a spendthrift economy; though nothing is lost, all is spent.” — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Nothing moves a woman so deeply as the boyhood of the man she loves. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
We live in all we seek. The hidden shows up in too-plain sight. It lives captive on the face of the obvious - the… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“...The mockingbird took a single step into the air and dropped. His wings were still folded against his sides as though he were singing… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Father had stretched out his long legs and was tilting back in his chair. Mother sat with her knees crossed, in blue slacks, smoking… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
It should surprise no one that the life of the writer - such as it is - is colorless to the point of sensory… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“What can we make of the inexpressible joy of children? It is a kind of gratitude, I think—the gratitude of the ten-year-old who wakes… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Many individuals spend a considerable portion of their lifetimes in terror of one imagined catastrophe or another. The classic is that your immortal soul… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
I would warn against holsters with devices for quick-draw. Devices always fail when you need them most. — William Powell Copy Share Image
You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room.… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I wake up every morning fearing I am going to fail. But I love a challenge, big or small. There's so much I want… — Michelle Mone Copy Share Image
