#descending

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#clouds #descending #first #foundation #humility

When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd. ↗

— Logan Marshall-Green

#directed #father #going #kid #mother

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. ↗

— John Updike

#earth #grace #life #rain #sky