“The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out like shining from shook foil? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wearsman'ssmudgeand sharesman'ssmell: thesoil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.” WorldFeelsGenerationsFeetTradeShiningFlamesToilGrandeurFoils Author:Gerard Manley Hopkins
“It has never occurred to me before, but this is truly how it is: all of us on earth walk constantly over a seething, scarlet sea of flame, hidden below, in the belly of the earth. We never think of it. But what if the thin crust under our feet should turn into glass and we should suddenly see?” IfsThinkingShouldEarthTurnsWalksSeaFeetGlassesFlamesWhat IfBellyScarletSeething Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin
“To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. ... While all melts under our feet, we may well grasp at any exquisite passion, or any contribution to knowledge that seems by a lifted horizon to set the spirit free for a moment, or any stirring of the senses, strange dyes, strange colours, and curious odours, or work of the artist's hands, or the face of one's friend.” WellsMayHardMomentsHandsSeemsFacesSpiritArtistPassionFeetStrangeSensesCuriousFlamesContributionColourHorizonEcstasySuccess In LifeExquisiteStirring Book:The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry Source: The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
“The fountain has not played itself out, the Flame still shines, the River still flows, the Spring still bubbles forth, the Light has not faded. But between us and It, there is a veil which is more like fifty feet of solid concrete. Deus absconditus. Or we have absconded.” StillsLightFeetSpringFlowRiversShiningFlamesFiftyBubblesConcreteFountainVeilsFaded Author:R. D. Laing
“The wretch that fears to drown, will break through flames; Or, in his dread of flames, will plunge in waves. When eagles are in view, the screaming doves Will cower beneath the feet of man for safety.” MenFearViewsBreakFeetSafetyWaveFlamesDreadEaglesDovePlungeBreak Through Author:Colley Cibber
“A miniature village in Bournemouth caught fire and the flames could be seen nearly three feet away.” HumorFunnyThreeFireFeetCaughtFlamesVillageMiniatures Author:Bob Monkhouse
“The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.” WayMadeHellFireBloodFeetReadyHotPreparedRageMythologyFlamesCrushWickedInsectsSpidersPitsGarmentsStainsFurnacesProvokedSprinklesFierceness Author:Jonathan Edwards
“Dive deeply into the miracle of life and let the tips of your wings be burnt by the flame, let your feet be lacerated by the thorns, let your heart be stirred by human emotion, and let your soul be lifted beyond the earth.” HumansHeartSoulEarthEmotionFeetMiracleWingsYour SoulFlamesThornsHuman EmotionsMiracle Of Life Author:Vilayat Inayat Khan
“We come to our own and would make friends with matter, which the ambitious chatter of the schools would persuade us to despise. We can never part with it; the mind loves its old home: as water to our thirst, so is rock, the ground, to our eyes, and hands, and feet. It is firm water: it is cold flame: what health, what affinity!” MindMatterHomeHandsEyeSchoolWaterFeetRocksColdFirmFlamesDespiseAmbitiousThirstAffinityChatterHands And FeetMind Love Book:Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book) Source: Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)
“Another priest said,"Is it true you've said you'll believe in any god whose existence can be proved by logical debate?""Yes."Vimes had a feeling about the immediate future and took a few steps away from Dorfl."But the gods plainly do exist," said a priest."It Is Not Evident."A bolt of lightning lanced down through the clouds and hit Dorfl's helmet. There was a sheet of flame and then a trickling noise. Dorfl's molten armour formed puddles around his white-hot feet."I Don't Call That Much Of An Argument," said Dorfl calmly, from somewhere in the clouds of smoke.” BelieveSaidFeelingsWhiteExistenceStepsFeetArgumentHotCloudsDebateNoiseSmokeFlamesPriestsLogicalLightningEvidentSheetsBoltsHelmetTrue YouPuddlesArmour Author:Terry Pratchett
“Turning pot handles the other way around on the stove, making sure you talk with your family and kids directly about fire safety and about kitchen safety, keeping your tree at least three feet from a heater or any kind of lights or flames, making sure that candles aren't left unattended. It's all things that we should know and we think about initially, but during the holidays, in the commotion it seems to get kind of lost.” ThinkingKnowsWayShouldKindLightSeemsKidsThreeLostLeftFireTreeFeetAll ThingsSafetyHandleFlamesOur FamilyKitchenHolidayPotCandleStoves Author:Charlie Barnett