Vigils Quotes

16 quotes by 14 authors

Happy is the man who knows or even the man who remembers those silent vigils where silence itself was the sign of the communion of… — Gaston Bachelard
The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and… — Seraphim of Sarov
Prayer, fasting, vigils, and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, certainly do not constitute the aim of our Christian life:… — Seraphim of Sarov
Fastings and vigils without a special object in view are time run to waste. — David Livingstone
The president and other government officials denounce school violence, yet still advocate for endless undeclared wars abroad and easy abortion at home. U.S. drone strikes… — Ron Paul
Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh, being too strong,… — St. Catherine of Siena
Fasts and vigils, the study of Scripture, renouncing possessions and everything worldly are not in themselves perfection, as we have said; theyare its tools. For… — John Cassian
Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam. — Johannes Tauler
O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,-- Nature's… — John Keats
The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a… — Angela Davis
And I leave my post of observation and find I have had enough of this outside life; I feel that there is nothing more that… — Franz Kafka
An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more… — Robert Louis Stevenson
I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would… — Joe Dunthorne
Rapture cults had packed their suitcases and were massing together in great vigils, waiting for the end. "All bogus," she'd told Zuzana. "Just a bunch… — Laini Taylor
While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep. — Alexander Pope

Who Wrote These Vigils Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 16 Vigils Quotes as follows: