Outward appearance Quote by Thomas à Kempis

“The blade of grass in the wind, he weighs himself in pure naturalness.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“But why would they do that? What is to be asked? He was a man who sees into things -- very ordinary things. A…

— Joseph O'Connor

“[Leaves of Grass is] monstrous because it pretends to persuade the soul while it slights the intellect; because it pretends to gratify the feelings…

— Henry James

“All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but…

— Zondervan Publishing

“It seemed as natural as two blades of grass brushing each other in the wind.”

— Laura Whitcomb

“If you come as softly as the wind within the trees. You may hear what I hear. See what sorrow sees. If you come…

— Jacqueline Woodson

“grasses, convinced of the hostility of the violet curtains and of the insolent indifference of a clock that chattered on at the top of…

— Marcel Proust

“As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is…

— Anonymous

“Saving Thy Gracious Presence, he to me A long-legged grasshopper appears to be, That springing flies, and flying springs, And in the grass the…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“With a little gasp he sees himself as merely a leaf blown by the wind through the streets of his village. He knows that…

— Sherwood Anderson

“People are like the tall grasses of the field. They will bend in whatever direction the wind blows.”

— Molly Collier

“Truly wise men called on each element alike to minister to their joy, and while the touch of sun-bathed air, the fragrance of garden…

— Kenneth Grahame