#stirring

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. ↗

— Andre Gide

#combat #direct #easier #labors #lead

Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there was not a breath of air stirring, the sea heaved slowly with a grand and majestic motion. ↗

— George Grey

#although #beautiful #breath #communicated #grand

T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. ↗

— Clement Clarke Moore

#before #creature #even #house #mouse

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action. ↗

— Felix Adler

#animating #comforting #past #speaks #stirring