Calamity Quote by Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Download Open image “miracles had to be paid for; only calamity was free.” — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Calamity Miracle Miracles Paid
Miracles prove nothing except to those whose faith is bought very cheap, sir. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
For every tragedy there is a miracle to make up for it, just somewhere else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“It's curious to note that the miracles performed by an "all-loving" and benevolent God so often involve sparing a handful of people from a tragic accident, devastating disaster or deadly disease. God is rarely held accountable by believers for all of the deaths that occur when people are not saved by a "miracle." On the whole, the tiny percentage of… — Atheist Republic Copy Share
“Incontestably, alas, most people are not, in action, worth very much; and yet, every human being is an unprecedented miracle. One tries to treat… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Traveling is like flirting with life. It's like saying, 'I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station. — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
“Like poetry, in times of intense emotion the image returns to me. Like poetry, it stroked my soul and, by turns, lulled and stoked… — Lisa St. Aubin de Teran Copy Share Image
Fine food is poison. It can be as bitter as antimony and bitter almonds and as repulsive as swallowing live toads. Like the poison… — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
I knew, as every peasant does, that land can never be truly owned. We are the keepers of the soil, the curators of trees. — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
The palace started as a single vaulted room and grew in proportion to my despair. It began as an exercise to keep my mind… — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
A solitary traveler can sleep from state to state, from day to night, from day to day, in the long womb of its controlled… — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
“Their only chance to mix with royalty was while they played Bezique. They never played any other game but this one that had grown… — Lisa St. Aubin de Teran Copy Share Image
My head was a desolate place and as barren as the bare hills of Le Marche. Until I began to build in it, only… — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
In spite of calamity, He still has a plan for me, And it’s working for my good, And it’s building my testimony... — Marvin Sapp Copy Share Image
Calamity, war, famine, plague, death, adversity, disease, injury do not necessarily produce repentance. We may become better in a calamity but it does not… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is the common calamity of old age to lose whatever might have rendered it desirable. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a big lesson in experiencing uncertainty and calamity with a sober focus - the most chaotic moments are the ones from which… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
