#vine

An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human. ↗

— Man Ray

#create #creates #creation #desire #divine

I belong to the divine source from which I originated. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#divine-self #god #quotes-to-live-by #death

At the unconscious level, Americans believe that good people succeed, that success is bestowed upon you by God. Your success demonstrates that God loves you. ↗

— Clotaire Rapaille

#americans #code #culture #divine #god

We are not wise; we are wise to seek divine wisdom. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#divine-intuition #quotes-to-live-by #wisdom #death

I believe in signs....what we need to learn is always there before us, we just have to look around us with respect & attention to discover where God is leading us and which step we should take. When we are on the right path, we follow the signs, and if we occasionally stumble, the Divine comes to our aid, preventing us from making mistakes. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#divine #fate #sign #respect

I stood there, 220 pounds of ex-football player, ex-public defender, ex-a-lot-of-things, leaning against the faded walnut rail of the witness stand, home to a million sweaty palms. "To Speak for the Dead" (The Jake Lassiter Series) http://tinyurl.com/69eua2t ↗

— Paul Levine

#legal-thrillers #miami #paul-levine #home

Because you’re a creation of God, you reflect the Divine qualities of creativity, wisdom, and love. ↗

— Doreen Virtue

#creativity #divine #god #love #mirror

The Divine Thing that made itself the foundation of the Church does not seem, to judge by his comments on the religious leadership of his day, to have hoped much from officers of a church. ↗

— Charles Williams

#comments #day #divine #does #foundation

After a moment, he added more seriously: 'I don't get as angry as m'father used to about things. Or maybe I', just better at hiding m'feelings.' 'I fear I'm not very good at hiding my feelings.' He covered my hand with his own. 'That's what I like about you. I liked it from the first. You're so different from the others. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#divine #jane-austen #jennifer-paynter #love #mary-bennet

For love is a celestial harmony Of likely hearts compos'd of stars' concent, Which join together in sweet sympathy, To work each other's joy and true content, Which they have harbour'd since their first descent Out of their heavenly bowers, where they did see And know each other here belov'd to be. ↗

— Edmund Spenser

#love #platonic-love #religion #love