#heaven

What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer. ↗

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ↗

— Washington Irving

#beams #blazes #broad #dark #daylight

There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ↗

— Washington Irving

#beams #blazes #broad #dark #daylight

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off." ↗

— Stephen King

#answered #destroyed #down #family #farm

I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#harvard #heavens #i #real #see

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#curse #fly #god #heaven #ignorance

Words without thoughts never to heaven go. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#heaven #never #thoughts #without #words

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad! ↗