“The world of pure spirits stretches between the divine nature and the world of human beings; because divine wisdom has ordained that the higher should look after the lower, angels execute the divine plan for human salvation: they are our guardians, who free us when hindered and help to bring us home.” WorldShouldHumansLooksHelpingHomeSpiritHuman BeingsPlansDivineHigherPureAngelSalvationGuardianGuardian AngelDivine NatureDivine Wisdom Book:Theological texts Source: Theological texts
“The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.” StillsHelpingHomeOrderPrayerUnitedSunGreaterJourneyDivineHigherCharitySaintAtmosphereHeavenlyFillingBrightnessDivine OrderHeavenly Home Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Dim loneliness came imperceivably into the fields and he turned back. The birds piped oddly; some wind was caressing the higher foliage, turning it all one way, the way home. Telegraph poles ahead looked like half-used pencils; the small cross on the steeple glittered with a sharp and shapely permanence.” WayHomeUsedHalfLonelinessFieldsWindHigherBirdCrossesOne WayPencilsPermanenceWay HomeTelegraphFoliageSteeples Author:A. E. Coppard
“Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either case it may be a stain or an honor. If he is born in poverty, and his future life throws a lustre over an humble birth, the reward will not only be great, but his name will stand higher on the roll of honor and virtue, than he who can only boast of his proud descent.” IfsMenMayHomeNamesBornPovertyCasesVirtueProudBirthHigherHonorRewardsHumbleEasePleasantBoastStainsLotteryDescentAffluenceHutsFuture Life Author:James Ellis
“And when your minister asks you for money for missionary purposes, tell him there are higher, and holier, and nobler missions to be performed at home. When he asks for colleges to educate ministers, tell him you must educate woman, that she may do away with the necessity of ministers, so that they may be able to go to some useful employment.” MayHomeAblePurposeAsksAtheismCollegeHigherMissionsPositive AtheismEmploymentMinistersEducateMissionary Author:Ernestine Rose
“Wasn't it thrilling when the U.S. Women's team took home the gold in gymnastics? A group of American teenagers getting a higher score than Chinese kids? That never happens.” HomeHappensKidsFunnyGroupsTeamHigherGoldChineseTeenagerScoreOlympicsThrillingGymnasticsLondon Olympics Author:Jay Leno
“We have higher quality conversations in restaurants than at home. It's as though we rise to the occasion by selecting worthwhile, less mundane subjects to discuss when eating out, just as we dress more carefully.” HomeQualitySubjectsHigherConversationEatingDressesOccasionsRestaurantsWorthwhileMundaneEating Out Book:Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life Source: Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life
“Climate change is not a major issue because it will cause sea level rises or temperature increases, since we know how to live at higher elevations and regulate the temperature within our homes. It is a major issue because ecosystems are finding it difficult to adapt to the rapidity of the climate and environmental changes and are dying off, thereby accelerating the species extinction that is already underway due to our consumption habits.” KnowsHomeCausesDifficultNatureLevelsKnow HowIssuesSeaDyingHabitHigherFindingsMajorsIncreaseClimateSpeciesEnvironmentalClimate ChangeDuesConsumptionExtinctionTemperatureEcosystemsElevationEnvironmental ChangeSea Level RiseSpecies Extinction Author:Shailesh Rao