Descends Quotes

83 Descends quotes by 75 unique authors

Nicholas Temelcoff is famous on the bridge, a daredevil. He is given all the difficult jobs and he takes them. He descends into the air… — Michael Ondaatje
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above… — Rene Daumal
In the space of no-mind, truth descends like light — Rajneesh
When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me. — Alice Walker
The more the poet grows, the deeper the level of creative intuition descends into the density of his soul. Where formerly he could be moved… — Jacques Maritain
Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self when one does not lack wit and is familiar with all the niceties of language. Language… — George Sand
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their… — Maya Angelou
Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of… — Banana Yoshimoto
Yes, the world may aspire to vacuousness, lost souls mourn beauty, insignificance surrounds us. Then let us drink a cup of tea. Silence descends, one… — Muriel Barbery
Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual. — Khalil Gibran
My soul is wrapped in harsh repose, Midnight descends in raven-colored clothes, But soft... behold! A sunlight beam Butting a swath of glimmering gleam. My… — Joss Whedon
How old do you have to get before wisdom descends like a plastic bag over your head and you learn to keep your big mouth… — Margaret Atwood
God descends to earth like fresh spring rain, and at every level his grace is received differently. For some it feels like love, for others… — Deepak Chopra
Oh, the stoop of the Redeemer's amazing love! Let us, henceforth, contend how low we can go side by side with Him, but remember when… — Charles Spurgeon
What annoys a person who suicides? The life itself. Boredom. Tiredness that descends on every morning when you look at yourself at the mirror. — Henning Mankell
I cannot remember my past, my nose, or the colour of my eyes, or what my general opinion of myself is. Only in moments of… — Virginia Woolf
[T]he normal and the everyday are often amazingly unstoppable, and what is unimaginable is the cessation of them. The world is resilient, and, no matter… — Lorrie Moore
Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over… — Lance Armstrong
I will write in words of fire. I will write them on your skin. I will write about desire. Write beginnings, write of sin. You’re… — Neil Gaiman
As all true virtue, wherever found, is a ray of the life of the All-Holy; so all solid knowledge, all really accurate thought, descends from… — Henry Parry Liddon
It skims in through the eye, and by means of the utterly delicate retina hurls shadows like insect legs inward for translation. Then an immense… — John Updike
History without politics descends to mere Literature. — John Robert Seeley
We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness… — Benjamin Franklin
God descends to the humble as waters flow down from the hills into the valleys. — Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
Just as Divinity descends in a certain manner, to the extent that one communicates with Nature, so one ascends to Divinity through Nature, just as… — Giordano Bruno

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