Hilarion The Great Quotes & Sayings

Slogans are mere wordsuck... — Gabriel Thy

Silver hidden in the gold,
Young man hidden in the old,
Laughing lord with weeping eyes,
Bring king and ring before sunrise!
-Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest — Margaret Lovett

Living in filth was regarded by great numbers of holy men, who set an example to the Church and to society, as an evidence of sanctity. St. Jerome and the Breviary of the Roman Church dwell with unction on the fact that St. Hilarion lived his whole life long in utter physical uncleanliness; St. Athanasius glorifies St. Anthony because he had never washed his feet; St. Abraham's most striking evidence of holiness was that for fifty years he washed neither his hands nor his feet; St. Sylvia never washed any part of her body save her fingers; St. Euphraxia belonged to a convent in which the nuns religiously abstained from bathing. St. Mary of Egypt was emninent for filthiness; St. Simon Stylites was in this respect unspeakable - the least that can be said is, that he lived in ordure and stench intolerable to his visitors. — Andrew Dickson White

Not all things that are scary bite.
Not all things that are scary will bite you.
So take courage, you have teeth, too. — T.E. Antonino

I can't remember what I've done with my lingerie. I look in the containers under my bed, as if my sexual self has been relegated to the wrong side of the mattress. I imagine my husband's sexuality down there too, our shadow selves making love deep in our unconscious as we cuddle above the mattress as brother and sister. — Jalina Mhyana

Because it is on the anvil of pain that the gods forge heroes. — C.L. Werner

When I started my airline business, I didn't know everything, right? If I start up a newspaper tomorrow, I might get ripped off by journalists. You'd be naive to think you know everything from day one. — Tony Fernandes

Don't count on others to hand your life to you. — Sonia Friedman

We're lucky to have you, Featherwhisker," Dappletail meowed. No cat spoke up for Goosefeather. With — Erin Hunter

I'm not here to make money, I'm here to make history. — Lenny Dykstra

If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
[If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.] — George Herbert