“How were friendship possible? In mutual devotedness to the good and true; otherwise impossible, except as armed neutrality or hollow commercial league. A man, be the heavens ever praised, is sufficient for himself; yet were ten men, united in love, capable of being and of doing what ten thousand singly would fail in. Infinite is the help man can yield to man.” MenHelpingHeavenFriendshipUnitedImpossibleFailingThousandTenCapableInfiniteLeagueSufficientMutualYieldHollowNeutralityMan United Book:Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books Source: Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books
“It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this.” HeavenImpossibleEnjoymentLivelyAnother Life Author:Francis Atterbury
“Columbus was an Abraham, for he went out not knowing whither he went. Columbus was a Moses, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. Only the man of faith is the man of power. Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible. God grant that to-day in that bark we may be wafted by God's blessing, and may land at last on the shores of Heaven, where we shall sing a sweeter Te Deum than that which awoke the echoes on the soil of virgin America, or those amid the splendors of the court at Barcelona.” MenMayLastsAmericaHeavenCan DoKnowingImpossibleSeeingLandHe ManBlessingCourtInvisibleSoilGrantsShoreNot KnowingEchoesVirginsMosesAbrahamSplendorBarkColumbusBarcelona Author:Robert Stuart MacArthur
“It is impossible for the mind which is not totally destitute of piety, to behold the sublime, the awful, the amazing works of creation and providence - the heavens with their luminaries, the mountains, the ocean, the storm, the earthquake, the volcano, the circuit of the seasons, and the revolutions of empires - without marking in them all the mighty hand of God, and feeling strong emotions of reverence toward the Author of these stupendous works.” MindFeelingsHandsStrongHeavenEmotionImpossibleCreationRevolutionMountainOceanSeasonsStormAwfulEmpiresReverenceProvidenceSublimePietyEarthquakesCircuitsHands Of GodVolcanoesDestituteStrong EmotionsAmazing Work Author:Timothy Dwight V
“Socrates ... brought human wisdom back down from heaven, where she was wasting her time, and restored her to man.... It is impossible to go back further and lower. He did a great favor to human nature by showing how much it can do by itself.” MenHumansHeavenCan DoImpossibleHuman NatureFavorsHuman Wisdom Author:Michel de Montaigne
“God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a saint. It is impossible for me to grow bigger, so I put up with myself as I am, with all my countless faults. But I will look for some means of going to heaven by a little way which is very short and very straight, a little way that is quite new[...] It is your arms, Jesus, which are the lift to carry me to heaven, And so there is no need for me to grow up. In fact, just the opposite: I must stay little and become less and less.” WayNeedsLooksMeanLittlesI CanFactsJesusHeavenWishGrowsGrowing UpImpossibleArmsOppositesBiggerAimFaultsSaintLiftsSpiteGoing To Heaven Author:Therese of Lisieux
“As it is not possible to walk without feet or fly without wings, so it is impossible to attain the Kingdom of Heaven without the fulfillment of the commandments.” InspirationalChristianHeavenReligiousWalksImpossibleFeetWingsKingdomsFulfillmentOrthodoxCommandmentsKingdom Of Heaven Author:Theophan the Recluse