#mo

We know something of the history of the spread of Christianity, but much passed from recorded memory and much was transmitted by tradition whose accuracy has been repeatedly questioned. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#been #christianity #history #know #memory

The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them. ↗

— William Laud

#bless #blood #charity #christian #kingdom

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#certain #conceited #countries #god #hate

For both reasons, owing to the thermal motion and to the working together of various wavelengths, factors arise which, in a similar manner to the structural factor, exert some influence upon the brightness of the interference points but not upon their location. ↗

— Max von Laue

#both #brightness #exert #factor #factors

My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her children's education. ↗

— Spike Lee

#art #checks #children #class #college

I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly true in my case. I re-read Pound a great deal, I re-read Williams, I re-read Thomas, I re-read the people whom I cam to love when I was at what you might call a formative stage. ↗

— James Laughlin

#cam #case #certainly #deal #formative

I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars. ↗

— Ralph Lauren

#big #collars #earrings #exciting #falling

It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything. ↗

— Ralph Lauren

#age #ages #anything #believe #clothes

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul. One's body is so much more exacting: what it won't have it won't have, and nothing can make bitter into sweet. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#body #difficult #exacting #into #live

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. ↗

— Yves Saint Laurent

#blue #blue jeans #clothes #expression #had