#classic

The spiritual life is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit, who lifts us up into the kingdom of God's love. But to say that being lifted up into the kingdom of love is a divine gift does not mean that we wait passively until the gift is offered to us. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#life

Thy's bleeding heart confides in the With one's thoughts and troubles Let the kiss thy's lips To ease thou's pain Thy am thou's comfort Lie thou's head on mine pillow Of soft consolation And let the drown Thou's sorrow Away ↗

— Solange nicole

#emotional #poetry-love #love

396. Patience is a Virtue every where; but it shines with great Lustre in the Men of Government. 397. Some are so Proud or Testy, they won't hear what they should redress. 398. Others so weak, they sink or burst under the weight of their Office, though they can lightly run away with the Salary of it. ↗

— William Penn

#men

Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in a different groove to try to blend all that in. ↗

— Mose Allison

#classical #classical composers #composers #different #doin

Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
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— Winston Churchill

#drunkenness #retort #classics

I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#daniel-defoe #moll-flanders #classics

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#lee #pattern #reaction #classics

As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#literature #classics

Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics ↗

— Coco Chanel

#fashion #innovation #classics

But I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days. ↗

— Jane Austen

#literature #romance #classics