Men Quote by Thomas a Kempis Download Open image “By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.” — Thomas a Kempis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Men Purity Simplicity Two Wings
“By two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by simplicity and purity. Simplicity ought to be in the intention, purity in the… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It may be impossible for a man by merely willing it to add wings to his body, but it is possible for any man,… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“And men saw that beauty and love in all their forms are of the gods, and they became free and brave, and they grew… — Mikhail Kuzmin Copy Share Image
Inside the man all the elements that form the Universe and all the existing principles are interrelated: He touches the earth with the feet;… — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
Man's earthly interests,'are all hooked and buttoned together, and held up, by Clothes. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“But is heaviness truly deplorable and lightness splendid? The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. The spirit cannot die; and man, who shall know… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“With birds flying around, man’s desire for having wings rises to infinite!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“0 true and heavenly grace, without which our own merits are nothing, and our natural gifts of no account! Neither arts nor riches, beauty… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven.… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“No man safely goeth abroad who loveth not to rest at home. No man safely talketh but he who loveth to hold his peace.… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
“Nature has a relish for knowing secrets and hearing news. It wishes to appear abroad and to have sense experiences. It wishes to be… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Love is watchful. Sleeping, it does not slumber. Wearied, it is not tired. Pressed, it is not straitened. Alarmed, it is not confused, but… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Hats off to starting a franchise younger than we all did in 'Twilight' and keeping your cool. The 'Harry Potter' men and women had,… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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