Beams Quotes

98 Beams quotes by 83 unique authors

Let us depart! the universal sun Confines not to one land his blessed beams; Nor is man rooted, like a tree, whose seed, the winds… — Robert Southey
The sun is set; and in his latest beams Yon little cloud of ashen gray and gold, Slowly upon the amber air unrolled, The falling… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
To lovers of the wild, these mountains are not a hundred miles away. Their spiritual power and the goodness of the sky make them near,… — John Muir
With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence with posterity, who… — Charles Caleb Colton
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that… — Charles Caleb Colton
The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are. — Conrad Hall
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up… — Washington Irving
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. — John Locke
Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden… — Susanna Moodie
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. — Friedrich Schiller
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. — William Shakespeare
a cloud-congested caul that is alternately red, orange, vermilion, purple. Sometimes the clouds break apart in great, slow rafts, letting through beams of innocent yellow… — Stephen King
When the starry sky, a vista of open seas, or a stained-glass window shedding purple beams fascinate me, there is a cluster of meaning, of… — Julia Kristeva
How clear, how lovely bright, How beautiful to sight Those beams of morning play; How heaven laughs out with glee Where, like a bird set… — A. E. Housman
God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls… — Jonathan Edwards
As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as… — Jonathan Edwards
I was usually filled with a sense of something like shame until I'd remember that wonderful line of Blake's- that we are here to learn… — Anne Lamott
He tunneled into stories where weak men changed into strong half-animals or used eye beams or magic hammers to power through steel or climb up… — Alice Sebold
His (Christ's) appearance in our midst has made it undeniably clear that changing the human heart and changing human society are not separate tasks, but… — Henri Nouwen
Moonlight streamed in, sending loving beams over his face. He closed his eyes and basked in it, and I could tell it was calling to… — Patricia Briggs

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