“I knew neither jealousy nor hate but was possessed by a rage to recreate a new world, the world which my eyes perceived, a world all to myself. I was poor but I knew that life is beautiful.” WorldEyeBeautifulLife IsHatePoorRageObsessionNew WorldPossessedLife Is Beautiful Author:Maurice de Vlaminck
“But someone once described the contrast between a good life and a godly life as the difference between the top of the ocean and the bottom. On top, sometimes it's like glass -- serene and calm -- and other times it's raging and stormy. But hundreds of fathoms below, it is beautiful and consistent, always calm, always peaceful.” SometimesBeautifulDifferencesOceanBottomCalmGlassesRagePeacefulConsistentGood LifeContrastGodlySereneFathomStormyGodly Life Book:From Ashes to Glory Source: From Ashes to Glory
“My father upon the Abbey stage, before him a raging crowd. "This Land of Saints," and then as the applause died out, "Of plaster Saints;" his beautiful mischievous head thrown back.” BeautifulFatherLandStageDiedSaintCrowdsRageThrownApplauseMischievousAbbeyPlasters Book:The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition