Leacuri Manastiresti Quotes & Sayings

Tremble with awe, O men! The insults God suffered for the sake of our salvation you too must endure! God is slapped on the face by the basest of slaves (Jn. 18:22). He gives you an example of victory, yet do you refuse to undergo this at the hands of a man of like passions as yourself? You are ashamed of becoming an imitator of God (Eph. 5:1), how then will you reign with Him and share in His glory in the kingdom of heaven if you do not endure that man? — Symeon The New Theologian

There is a specific kind of day when I feel like writing poems. My senses become really sharp. This day is when I feel as if I am drowning into the abandonment of death. — Kim Hyesoon

Chapter books are often written in series and kids have come to expect that they'll come out once a year, so publishers want to keep the momentum going. It's the kind of art I love to make, except that the time frame is really nutty. — Carson Ellis

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. — Lyman Beecher

The circle, or ring, dance was seen as an earthly counterpart of the heavenly dance of the angels, which was itself a celebration of the resurrection. — Gerald Jonas

You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice. — Martha Graham

He took something out of his jacket and handed it to her. It was a long thin dagger in a leather sheath. The hilt of the dagger was set with a single red stone carved in the shape of a rose.
She shook her head. "I wouldn't even know how to use that
"
He pressed it into her hand, curling her fingers around it. "You'd learn." He dropped his voice. "It's in your blood."
She drew her hand back slowly. "All right."
"I could give you a thigh sheath to put that in," Isabelle offered. "I've got tons."
"CERTAINLY NOT," said Simon. — Cassandra Clare

When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God. — Anthony The Great

Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. — John Erskine

God is more ready to forgive me than I am ready to offend. — Charles Spurgeon

Jordan kicked aside off the ground. His hip came into contact with her side, gently knocking her off her balance. "Hey," she cried out, regaining her step. Jordan grinned at her over his shoulder as he continued across the room. "Whoops." Alyx launched off a table at him. He jerked forward as she kicked off his back and flipped over his head. "Whoops," she yelled back as she hit the ground and kept running. She could hear him laughing. — Hanna Peach

I got my start in silent radio. — Bob Monkhouse

New organs of perception come into being as a result of necessity. Therefore, O man, increase your necessity, so that you may increase your perception. — Rumi

Passion now begins to wake
and whom we desire, we will take
then we'll cut them down to the quick
love itself the cruelest trick.
Moved we are by loves sweet song
though it plays not for long
we can blow on embers bright
till passion outtakes the light. — Nancy Holder

A woman liked a free rein to walk all over a man's life; the best thing a man could do was pick a woman who walked carefully.

-Jack — Claudia Dain