“There is strength deep bedded in our hearts, of which we reck but little till the shafts of heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent before her gems are found?” HeartLittlesEarthFoundHeavenStrengthFragileDwellingGems Book:The Works of Mrs Hemans;: With a Memoir of Her Life, Source: The Works of Mrs Hemans;: With a Memoir of Her Life,
“How fragile life was, how fleeting their days on earth, and how fickle was Death, claiming the young as often as the old, the healthy as often as the ailing, cruelly stealing away a baby's first breath, a mother's fading heartbeat.” FirstsEarthYoungMotherBabyHealthyBreathsStealingFragileFleetingHeartbeatFadingFickle Author:Sharon Kay Penman
“If today there is a proper American "sphere of influence" it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live and share a common fate--a sphere where our influence must be for peace and justice.” IfsMenTodayEarthJusticeCommonFateShareInfluenceFragileSpheresPeace And JusticeSphere Of Influence Author:Hubert H. Humphrey