Angel Quote by Rumi

He whose intellect overcomes his lust is higher than the angels; he whose lust overcomes his intelligence is less than an animal.

— Rumi

If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil . He…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend on it, he is sinking downward to be a devil.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he…

— James Allen

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.

— Matthew Simpson

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

— Francis Bacon Sr

The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

In proportion as man gets back the spirit of manliness, which is self-sacrifice, affection, loyalty loan idea beyond himself, a God above himself, so…

— Charles Kingsley

Angels possess greater powers than do human beings.

— Walter Lang

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

— Francis Bacon

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into…

— Thomas a Kempis

Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad.

— Edward Young