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Angel Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not slept or if you have…
- I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall not be absent…
- Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.
- Science was false by being unpoetical. It assumed to explain a reptile or a mollusk, and isolated it-which is hunting for life in graveyards. Reptile…
- God has delegated himself to a million deputies.
- The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical…
- We cannot let our angels go; we do not see that they only go out that archangels may come in.
- He who loves goodness harbors angels, reveres reverence, and lives with God.
- Pride ruined the angels.
- The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of…
- There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of…
- By his machines man can dive and remain under water like a shark; can fly like a hawk in the air; can see atoms like…
- No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
- The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
- It is in rugged crises, in unbearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown.
More Angel Quotes
- It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. — Saint Augustine
- We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. — Saint Augustine
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not… — Teresa of Avila
- But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers… — Francis Bacon
- The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. — Francis Bacon
- I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I… — Drew Barrymore
- It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that… — Karl Barth
- Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe… — Martha Beck
- Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is. — Martha Beck
- Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since. — Josh Billings
- Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between. — Robert Blair
- It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness… — William Blake