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Overall, rocks, wood and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its innermost depths. — Thomas Cole
The word chrysalis alone is an unmistakable indication that here two dreams are joined together, dreams that be-speak both the repose and flight of being,… — Gaston Bachelard
Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men command What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend? What sweeter solace shall befall than… — Nicholas Grimald
Christ is our hope, our cleansing and santification, our resurrection, life and repose. He alone is what we all need, and therefore, the Orthodox Church… — John of Kronstadt
The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then returns to a… — Carl Jung
We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of,… — Thomas Paine
My mother could never have said she loved fall, but as she walked down the steps with her suitcase in hand toward the red Monte… — Dinaw Mengestu
Now I want you to think that in life troubles will come, which seem as if they never would pass away. The night and storm… — George MacDonald
In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, How do you feel about love, Sophocles? are you still… — Plato
If there be anything that can render the soul calm, dissipate its scruples and dispel its fears, sweeten its sufferings by the anointing of love,… — S. D Gordon
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be… — Czeslaw Milosz
If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness. — Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
For retirement brings repose, and repose allows a kindly judgment of all things. — John Sharp Williams
The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little… — William Hazlitt
We will never have repose. The present is perpetual. — Georges Braque
Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems… — Saint Francis de Sales
All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose. — Igor Stravinsky
Many love music but for music's sake, Many because her touches can awake Thoughts that repose within the breast half-dead, And rise to follow where… — Walter Savage Landor
But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be… — Nikola Tesla
LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system - an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly… — Ambrose Bierce
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated enlightenment.… — Dogen
Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely . . . . Live… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions — Edward Coke
In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed… — John Tyler
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to… — Robert Emmet

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