“Were there not these still mirrors to reflect the beauty of the heavens to us, it might be lost to eyes so seldom lifted upwards.” StillsMightEyeLostHeavenMirrors Author:John Sullivan Dwight
“The radiance in some places is so great as to be fairly dazzling... every crystal, every flower a window opening into heaven, a mirror reflecting the Creator.” HeavenNatureFlowerWindowMirrorsCreatorOpeningCrystalsReflectingRadianceDazzling Book:My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition Source: My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition
“The stately heavens which glory doth array, are mirrors of God's admirable might; there, whence forth spreads the night, forth springs the day. He fix'd the fountains of this temporal light, where stately stars enstall'd, some stand, some stray, all sparks of his great power (though small) yet bright. By what none utter can, no, not conceive. All of his greatness, shadows may perceive.” MayLightMightNightHeavenStarsGreatnessSpringGloryShadowMirrorsSpreadPerceiveSparksFountainAdmirableGreat Power Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
“As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because the multitude of things cannot disturb his quietude. When water is still, one's beard and eyelashes are reflected in it. A skilled carpenter uses it in a level to obtain a measurement. If still water is so clear, how much more are the mental faculties! The mind of the sage is the mirror of heaven and earth in which all things are reflected.” IfsMindSaidStillsUseEarthHeavenWaterLevelsVirtueClearQuietAll ThingsMirrorsRegardBe GoodFacultyMultitudesSageBeardMeasurementHeaven And EarthQuietnessCarpenterEyelashesStill Waters Author:Zhuangzi
“Man was the outlaw, the rebel, the distorted shape that scarred the earth, the voice that silenced the music of Eden, the hand that raised up obscenities and blasphemies. Man was the pariah-dog, the moral leper in this translucent mirror of Heaven. He was the muddier of crystal waters, the despoiler of forests, the murderer of the innocent, the challenger against God. He was the assassin of the saints and the prophets, for they spoke of what he WOULD NOT HEAR, in the darkness of his spirit!” MenHandsEarthSpiritHeavenVoiceWaterMoralDarknessDogShapesMirrorsRaisedEnvironmentalSaintForestsInnocentProphetSpokesRebelPollutionMurdererCrystalsEdenBlasphemyAssassinsOutlawObscenityLeperPariahs Book:Great Lion of God: A Novel About Saint Paul Source: Great Lion of God: A Novel About Saint Paul