May Quotes

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On the altar you are looking at the same thing as you saw there last night. You have not heard, however, what this is, what… — Saint Augustine
For One in such a lofty position to stoop so low is a marvel that is staggering. What sublime humility and humble sublimeness, that the… — Francis of Assisi
May Mary, who in the freedom of her 'Fiat' and her presence at the foot of the cross, offered to the world, Jesus, the Liberator,… — Pope John Paul II
Lord Jesus, Who in the Eucharist make your dwelling among us and become our traveling companion, sustain our Christian communities so that they may be… — Pope John Paul II
If you call painting dumb poetry, the painter may call poetry blind painting. — Leonardo da Vinci
There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As small as it may seem, a good deed is always worth the doing. — Spark Matsunaga
Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. . — Confucius
What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow. — Henry Fielding
Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment. — Isaac Watts
We may give advice, but not the sense to use it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train… — Lydia Sigourney
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to understand rather than judge,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve. — Charles Caleb Colton
Make sense who may. I switch off. — Samuel Beckett
Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it. — Norman Cousins
Faith may be relied upon to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation. — Aldous Huxley
If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentleman, he may pronounce as he pleases. — George Bernard Shaw
Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without. — William Sloane Coffin
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have… — Thomas Traherne
A man does not have to go and find where his eyes are in order to see. The heart is there, always open to you,… — Ramana Maharshi

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