“The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,-- In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a prouder seen, Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams, Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims.” BookDreamCompanyLordDegreesKneesSatGreat MenChairsMonkKnightsBishopsCardinalsPrimatesFriarsSquires Author:Richard Harris Barham
“Christians believe themselves to be the aristocracy of heaven upon earth, they are admitted to the spiritual court, while millions of men in foreign lands have never been presented. They bow their knees and say they are 'miserable sinners,' and their hearts rankle with abominable pride. Poor infatuated fools! Their servility is real and their insolence is real but their king is a phantom and their palace is a dream.” MenBelieveHeartRealDreamEarthChristianSpiritualHeavenPoorMillionsAtheismLandPrideFoolKingsCourtPositive AtheismMiserableKneesSinnerBowsPalacesAristocracyPhantomsInsolenceInfatuatedServilityForeign Lands Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“Nothing which is at all times and in every way agreeable to us can have objective reality. It is of the very nature of the real that it should have sharp corners and rough edges, that it should be resistant, should be itself. Dream-furniture is the only kind on which you never stub your toes or bang your knee.” WayShouldKindRealDreamRealityShould HaveEdgesCornersObjectivesAll TimeKneesRoughToesFurnitureBangsObjective RealityRough Edges Book:Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer Source: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer