Inspirational Quote by R. S. Thomas

Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors.

— James Broughton

“They're not. That's partly what's so awful. I mean they're not real poets. They're just people that write poems that get published and anthologized…

— J.D. Salinger

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

— James Broughton

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.

— Bernie Taupin

The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion…

— Pope Francis

Adam became so proud that he wished to become God and died for his pride; the Son of God humbled Himself unto death, and…

— John of Kronstadt

You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that…

— Silouan the Athonite

Had Elijah Muhammad tried to introduce an orthodox form of Arab-oriented Islam, I doubt if he would have attracted 500 people, but he introduced…

— John Henrik Clarke

...God does not possess a private knowledge of Himself and a separate knowledge of all the creatures in common. The universal Cause, by knowing…

— Pope Dionysius

Whoever will not love his enemies cannot know the Lord and the sweetness of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit teaches us to love…

— Silouan the Athonite

Orthodox churches, autocracy and national traditions are supposed to form a new national ideology in Russia. This would mean that Russia would be overtaken…

— Vladimir Sorokin

One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran and the…

— Arnold Beichman