#divine

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform. ↗

— Chanakya

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Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God. ↗

— Cyril Cusack

#better person #closer #discontent #divine #draw

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#around #carry #compliment #derivative #diva

Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#divine #nothing #reason

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#divine #duties #our #recognition #religion

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. ↗

— Irving R. Kaufman

#come #contain #costume #could #designer

When you read any great mystery, recorded in holy Writ, you are to prostrate your Reason to Divine Revelation. ↗

— Thomas Ken

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The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#dwells #grow #spark #thee

Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts. ↗

— Sheri S. Tepper

#curse #destiny #divine-intervention #fate #fortune

Unless you are here: this garden refuses to exist. Pink dragonflies fall from the air and become scorpions scratching blood out of rocks. The rainbows that dangle upon this mist: shatter. Like the smile of a child separated from his mother’s milk for the very first time. --from poem Blood and Blossoms ↗

— Aberjhani

#gardens #mysticism #paranormal-poetry #poetry #romaniticism