“So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, for faith is born of the sense of need. But when we compare ourselves with Jesus Christ, and through Him, with God, we are humbled to the dust, and then faith is born, for there is nothing left to do but to trust to the mercy of God.” NeedsHumansLongSelfJesusLeftChristBornRoomsJudgingJesus ChristMercySatisfactionDustPlentyCompareComparisonSelf-satisfactionMercy Of God Author:William Barclay
“Some days my thoughts are just cocoons -- all cold, and dull, and blind, They hang from dripping branches in the grey woods of my mind; And other days they drift and shine -- such free and flying things! I find the gold-dust in my hair, left by their brushing wings.” MindLeftHairColdGoldBlindWingsShiningWoodsFlyingDustBranchesDullGreyMy ThoughtsOf My MindDrippingCocoonsBrushingGold Dust Book:Dreamers on Horseback: (collected Verse) Source: Dreamers on Horseback: (collected Verse)
“But words have been used too often; touched and turned, and left exposed to the dust of the street. The words we seek hang close to the tree. We come at dawn and find them sweet beneath the leaf.” Has BeensUsedLeftTreeStreetsSweetDustDawnTouchedExposedLeafs Book:Selected Works of Virginia Woolf Source: Selected Works of Virginia Woolf
“Lastly, the ashes left behind, May daily show to move the mind, That to ashes and dust return we must: Then think, and drink tobacco.” ThinkingMindMayShowsMovingLeftBehindsReturnDrinkDustAshesLeft BehindTobaccoDaily Show Author:George Wither