“So erst the Sage [Pythagoras] with scientific truth In Grecian temples taught the attentive youth; With ceaseless change how restless atoms pass From life to life, a transmigrating mass; How the same organs, which to-day compose The poisonous henbane, or the fragrant rose, May with to-morrow's sun new forms compile, Frown in the Hero, in the Beauty smile. Whence drew the enlighten'd Sage the moral plan, That man should ever be the friend of man; Should eye with tenderness all living forms, His brother-emmets, and his sister-worms.” MenShouldMayEyeFormScienceMoralSunPlansYouthTaughtBrotherHeroMassRoseTemplesAtomsOrgansTendernessSageWormsRestlessEnlighteningMorrowPoisonousScientific Truth Author:Erasmus Darwin
“Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.” WayBodyRunningSchoolMotherFallSportsMorningSunBrotherSpringWinterAthleteBreakfastEvery MorningBrothers And SistersAlabama Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“The goddess Artemis had a twin brother, Apollo, the many-faceted god of the Sun. He was her male counterpart: his domain was the city, hers the wilderness; his was the sun, hers the moon; his the domesticated flocks, hers the wild, untamed animals; he was the god of music, she was the inspiration for round dances on the mountains.” InspirationAnimalCitiesSunBrotherMoonMountainMalesRoundsWildernessGoddessTwinsDomainApolloFlocksArtemisCounterpartsUntamedTwin Brother Author:Jean Shinoda Bolen
“Having grown up Protestant, I was unfamiliar with St. Francis. Then I watched the movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon... I just became fascinated with the character of St. Francis. What I saw in that movie was a man who had fallen in love with God, someone for whom God was everything.” MenCharacterSunSawsBrotherMoonGod LoveFallenFascinatedProtestantsUnfamiliar Author:Rich Mullins
“Claude Wheeler opened his eyes before the sun was up and vigorously shook his younger brother, who lay in the other half of the same bed.” BookEyeHalfSunBrotherBedLaysHis EyesOther HalfYounger Brother Book:The Best of Willa Cather Source: The Best of Willa Cather