Calycanthus Athens Quotes & Sayings

The most peerless piece of earth, I think, that e' er the sun shone bright on. — William Shakespeare

He gains the farthest reaches where the ache of our most ancient absence lay. — Scott Cairns

So softly you hear it now, Mary O'Meara, but soon it comes joyful and clear.
And soon in the shadow and dew of your hilltop a star-guided footfall rings near.
My only beloved, I'm here. — Poul Anderson

If we would venture more upon the naked promise of God, we should enter a world of wonders to which as yet we are strangers. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and contemplation, we will find within us Christ the spring of life (cf. Gen. 26:15-18). Wisdom commands us to drink from this spring, saying, 'Drink water from your own pitchers and from the spring of your own wells' (Prov. 5:15). If we do this we shall find that the treasures of wisdom truly are within us. — Maximus The Confessor

There exist in the world only two great parties; that of those who prefer to live from the produce of their labor or of their property, and that of those who prefer to live on the labor or the property of others. — Charles Dunoyer

His experience on the bench was crucial in forming Taft's political vision. He disliked the rough and tumble of partisanship; he much preferred the quiet of the study. The image of the dispassionate jurist weighing the competing arguments of the litigants embodied how he saw the governing process. Elections, campaigning, and pressing the flesh were to him necessary evils in a democratic society, but Taft thought that he was a gregarious creature who loved humanity. However, such traits were for the golf course or the salon or the friendly conversation. When it came time to make policy, the ethos of the jurist dominated. — Lewis L. Gould

If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird ... 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so ... if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion. — Nick Vujicic