#arm

Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#away #death #deprive #life #power

Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#burn #cities #city #country #destroy

This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#between #cause #citizen #clad #come

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#cause #citizen #clad #error #hosts

I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them. ↗

— Frances Farmer

#beautiful #believe #christ #christmas #happy

When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that. ↗

— Nadine Labaki

#heartwarming #make #me #people #people say

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#adequate #any #care #clear #doing

I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm, this body will never keep me safe from harm. I still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole. If only you'd come back to me. To feel you at my side, wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied. ↗

— Jeff Buckley

#bed #black #blanket #body #coal

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town. ↗

— Zola Budd

#always #athletics #background #barefoot #coming

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#arms #because #both #contemplate #creation