#radiance

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#adore #because #gems #i #mine

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown. ↗

— Thomas Becket

#christ #crown #effort #ever #faith

When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#each #frank #friends #loses #other

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. ↗

— Boy George

#gentle #him #like #penetrates #person

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#back #behind #bright #bring #find