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445 Earthly quotes by 354 unique authors

Just as a mirror, which reflects all things, is set in its own container, so too the rational soul is placed in the fragile container… — Hildegard of Bingen
What Jesus meant was that whoever is attached to the worldly life and this earthly body will lose them in death. But whoever lets go… — Rama Swami
There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools as… — William Booth
PERENNIAL wisdom from divine revelation and human experience dictates that all earthly things great or small, beautiful or ugly, good or bad, sad or happy,… — Jonathan Moyo
It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If… — Fanny Crosby
Far superior to the pleasures and rewards of the illusion that is Earthly life are the pleasure and rewards of the Reality. — Ian Gardner
Glory to Women! They weave and entwine heavenly roses into an earthly life. — Friedrich Schiller
Of love that never found his earthly close, What sequel? Streaming eyes and breaking hearts; Or all the same as if he had not been? — Alfred Lord Tennyson
There is an Eye that never sleeps, Beneath the wind of night. There is an ear that never shuts, When sinks the beams of light.… — George Matheson
If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say, 'This poet… — William Shakespeare
The adult who puts his arm around his companion in the ballroom, and the child in the roadway, skipping in a round dance - they… — Curt Sachs
The circle, or ring, dance was seen as an earthly counterpart of the heavenly dance of the angels, which was itself a celebration of the… — Gerald Jonas
Time mends all, ends all things earthly. — B. C. Forbes
The telling of stories, like singing and praying, would seem to be an almost ceremonial act, an ancient and necessary mode of speech that tends… — David Abram
One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession. — George D. Prentice
Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly… — Pope John Paul II
I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely at the summit of courage... What is at the summit… — Unknown Author
Ungrateful are those on this earthly road, Who do complain that life is made of tears, That happiness on earth one cannot find, That we… — Frithjof Schuon
Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are… — Otto von Bismarck
Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and… — Peter Kreeft
Lovely female shapes are terrible complicators of the difficulties and dangers of this earthly life, especially for their owners. — George du Maurier
In creating a work of art, the psyche or soul of the artist ascends from the earthly realm into the heavenly. There, free of all… — Pavel Florensky
Your earthly lover can be charming and coquettish but never very faithful. The true lover is the one who on your final day opens a… — Rumi
My soul is my guide, for my soul is of that abode. I will not speak of the earthly. I am of the unknown — Rumi
So for us, the condition and preparation on and by which we are sheltered by that great hand, is the faith that asks, and the… — Alexander MacLaren

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