Beckerich Renault Quotes & Sayings

As i emerge on deck the ordered arrangement of the stars meets my eye, unclouded, infinitely wearisome. There they are: stars, sun, sea, light, darkness, space, great waters; the formidable Work of the Seven Days, into which mankind seems to have blundered unbidden. Or else decoyed. — Joseph Conrad

The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases. — Calvin Coolidge

Will searching for distant messages work? Is there intelligent life out there? The SETI effort is worth continuing, but our common-sense beacons approach seems more likely to answer those questions. — Gregory Benford

every professional was once a beginner — Helen Hayes

Some people thought spring was the time of renewal, but Sadie had always equated that feeling with autumn. It felt like a shedding of mistakes - falling leaves, crisp breezes. As if you could cast off an old skin to work on a new one. — Cerella Sechrist

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound. — Saint Ambrose

The imagined beings have their insides on the outside; they are visible souls. And man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all till we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale? — C.S. Lewis

No reason can be given for the nature of God, because that nature is the ground of rationality. — Alfred North Whitehead

Rilla was not fond of Mary Vance. She had never forgotten the humiliating day when Mary had chased her through the village with a dried codfish. — L.M. Montgomery

What has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power? — Aiden Wilson Tozer