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“I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy's door.”

Seems Doors Loneliness Mercy Lions Forsaken

Book:The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham

Source: The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham

“I don't doubt that a man can live perfectly well on his own, but I'm convinced that he begins to die as soon as he closes the door of his house behind him.”

Men Wells Dies House Behinds Doubt Doors Loneliness Convinced

Author:Jose Saramago

“Such a nice day - out all day up in the Carter Notch direction, trout-fishing, with the long drive there and the long drive home again in time for supper. It was a lovely brook and I caught seven good trout and one small one - which eight trout-persons you should have for your breakfast if only you were near enough. It was not alone the fishing, but the delightful loneliness and being out of doors.”

Source: Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett

“It is hard going to the door cut so small in the wall where the vision which echoes loneliness brings a scent of wild flowers in the wood.”

Hard Vision Cutting Doors Loneliness Flower Wall Woods Echoes Scent

Book:The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975

Source: The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975

“Don't be afraid of loneliness, because everything is a door; even loneliness is a door, it opens to somewhere!”

Doors Loneliness

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Loneliness opens the door for wisdom and wisdom opens all the doors!”

Doors Loneliness

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Jesus . . . wants us to see that the neighbor next door or the people sitting next to us on a plane or in a classroom are not interruptions to our schedule. They are there by divine appointment. Jesus wants us to see their needs, their loneliness, their longings, and he wants to give us the courage to reach out to them.”

Source: Out of the Saltshaker and into the World: Evangelism As A Way Of Life

“Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. When it results from a desire for solitude, loneliness is a door we close against the world. When the world instead rejects us, loneliness is an open door, unused.”

World Two Desire Results Doors Loneliness Solitude Variety Rejects

Book:Forever Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel

Source: Forever Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel

“There is no holy life. There is no war between good and evil. There is no sin and no redemption. None of these things matter to the real you. But they all matter hugely to the false you, the one who believes in the separate self. You have tried to take your separate self, with all its loneliness and anxiety and pride, to the door of enlightenment. But it will never go through, because it is a ghost.”

Believe War Real Self Matter Spiritual Evil Sin Doors Loneliness Pride Holy Anxiety Enlightenment Ghost Redemption Good And Evil No War Real You Holy Life

Author:Deepak Chopra

“Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of freedom. Once you were thus convinced, you were foolish to open the door and let anyone in, not all the way in. You risked the hard-won equilibrium, that tranquility that you called peace”

Way Kind Hard Enough Given Doors Conditions Loneliness Solitude Reflection Ideals Convinced Foolish Convince Tranquility Something Better Enough Time Equilibrium

Book:The Good Guy

Source: The Good Guy

“I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself.”

People Way Feels Light Church Behinds Grace Doors Awareness Loneliness Blessing Solitude Mercy Single Being Single

Book:Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel

Source: Smilla's Sense of Snow: A Novel

“…Forgive us, O Lord, we acknowledge ourselves as type of the common man, Of the men and women who shut the door and sit by the fire; Who fear the blessing of God, the loneliness of the night of God, the surrender required, the deprivation inflicted; Who fear the injustice of men less than the justice of God; Who fear the hand at the window, the fire in the thatch, the fist in the tavern, the push into the canal, Less than we fear the love of God.”

Source: The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot

“When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?”

Needs Light Remember Darkness Doors Loneliness Genius Not Alone Being Alone Darkness Within

Book:The Discourses as Reported by Arrian: The Manual, and Fragments

Source: The Discourses as Reported by Arrian: The Manual, and Fragments

“Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness. Everything has to be filled in, it seems-appointment books, hillsides, vacant lots-but when all the spaces are filled, the Loneliness really begins. Then the Groups are joined, the Classes are signed up for, and the Gift-to-Yourself items are bought. When the Loneliness starts creeping in the door, the Television Set is turned on to make it go away. But it doesn't go away. So some of us do instead, and after discarding the emptiness of the Big Congested Mess, we discover the fullness of Nothing.”

People Book Bigs Seems Space Class Doors Groups Loneliness Television Filled Mess Emptiness Going Away Items Fullness Appointments Vacant Filled In

Author:Benjamin Hoff

“What broke your heart so bad That you had to close every door, That you say you have a dark soul And can't utter the word 'love' anymore?”