Christian Quote by Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow

Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings of contemplation the Ladder of Jacob…

— Juan Donoso Cortes

“There are those people who try to elevate their souls like someone who continually jumps from a standing position in the hope that forcing…

— Simone Weil

God descends to earth like fresh spring rain, and at every level his grace is received differently. For some it feels like love, for…

— Deepak Chopra

God descends to re-ascend. He comes down; down from the heights of absolute being into time and space, down into humanity ... down to…

— C. S. Lewis

With the Eucharist, therefore, heaven comes down to earth, the tomorrow of God descends into the present and it is as if time remains…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as…

— Maya Angelou

I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as…

— Maya Angelou

I look unto the land I know not where ill stand. I see the still streams flow meandering far below. Like the waters flow…

— Mark Hook

“My seams gape wide so I'm tossed aside To rot on a lonely shore, While the leaves and mould like a shroud unfold, For…

— George Marsh

There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.

— Dogen

See yonder rock from which the fountain gushes; is it less compact of adamant, though waters flow from it? Firm hearts have moister eyes.

— Walter Scott

“there are no houses to wife. only window seats to occupy when the weather needs changing & waters to flow past our ankles on…

— Darnell Lamont Walker