Psalm Quotes
95 quotes by 39 authors
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Still ours the dance, the feast, the glorious Psalm, The mystic lights of emblem, and the Word.
— Emma Lazarus
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But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the glory of God…
— Arthur Leonard Schawlow
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In a thousand words I can have the Lord's Prayer, the 23rd Psalm, the Hippocratic Oath, a sonnet by Shakespeare, the Preamble to the Constitution,…
— Roy H. Williams
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Sooner or later, all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety…
— George W. Bush
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I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been found unsatisfactory in the past.…
— Alan Turing
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The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords / If when the soul unto the lines accords.
— George Herbert
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To see the dull indifference, the negligent and thoughtless air that sits upon the faces of a whole assembly, while the psalm is upon their…
— Isaac Watts
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God never intended us to want anything more than we want Him. Just the slightest glimpse into His Word proves that, Look at what the…
— Lysa TerKeurst
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Once [a soul] is condemned by God, then God's friends agree in God's judgment and condemnation. For all eternity they will not have a kind…
— Anthony Mary Claret
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A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which was very usually…
— William Hazlitt
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Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of…
— David K. Shipler
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If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will experience the advent…
— Maximus the Confessor
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It is a common thing for men to benumb their own arms, and make them as dead and useless by leaning too much upon them:…
— John Flavel
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The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb.
— Tom Lehrer
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People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and…
— Wendell Berry
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O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat.
— Arthur Quiller-Couch
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Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are…
— Eckhart Tolle
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In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is…
— Rick Warren
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I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such…
— P.G. Wodehouse
Who Wrote These Psalm Quotes
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