#eva

Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate. ↗

— John Denham

#evaporate #into #language #out #poetry

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#been #nothing #philosopher #said #strange

The stopping of the Judicial courts, had been blended, in the minds of some people, with the redress of grievances considered only as a mode of awakening the attention of the legislature. ↗

— George Richards Minot

#awakening #been #blended #considered #courts

Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. ↗

— John Yoo

#benefits #cannot #convention #cooperating #example

It's a question of why they come for your advice. Whatever I tell you, it doesn't matter, it is completely irrelevant in a way. I know so many actors who were discouraged and put that aside. You will get half-baked opinions. ↗

— Michael York

#aside #come #completely #discouraged #get

I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#casinos #dates #fair #gonna #here

It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#self-awareness #self-discovery #self-evaluation #courage

The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#clearly #devastating #does #earth #effective

Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#beauty #churches #every #feels #heart

Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us. ↗

— David Platt

#christianity #evangelism #faith #jesus-christ #dreams