“See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.” HumansMayMadeLyingFoundHuman NatureShadowCreatorDeitiesUmbrellaSunbeamsCovert Book:Emblems Source: Emblems
“If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual, they are a multitude. Like the color white that includes all colors, they tend to bring together the entire range of human possibilities within themselves. Creativity allows for paradox, light, shadow, inconsistency, even chaos -and creative people experience both extremes with equal intensity.” PeopleIfsHumansDifferentLightTogetherIndividualWhiteCreativityCreativePossibilityColorEqualShadowChaosExtremesRangeComplexityParadoxIntensityMultitudesOne WordCreative PeopleInconsistencyColor White Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing, to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another.” HumansLife IsFallBlackOne ThingShadowPoliceReportsDepravity Book:Septimus Source: Septimus
“The painter tries to catch the magic of the lights and shadows and passing graces of the human face he paints, but he never wholly succeeds in overtaking the reality.” TryingHumansRealityLightFacesGraceMagicSucceedShadowPaintPassingPassingsPainterHuman FacesLight And ShadowOvertaking Author:John Edgar Park
“As in mysterious and transcendent union the Divine takes into itself the human in the person of Jesus, and eternity is blended with time; we, trusting Him, and yielding our hearts to Him, receive into our poor lives an incorruptible seed, and for us the soul-satisfying realities that abide forever mingle with and are reached through the shadows that pass away.” HumansHeartPersonsSoulRealityJesusPoorForeverDivineShadowEternityUnionsSeedsMysteriousSatisfyingPassing AwayTranscendentPoor LifeTrusting Him Book:MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture Source: MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture