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“To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!”

Way Ends Praise Sacred Lust Mortals

Book:The Works of the English Poets

Source: The Works of the English Poets

“Sweet is the day of sacred rest; No mortal cares shall seize my breast; O may my heart in tune be found Like David's harp of solemn sound.”

Heart May Care Found Sound Sweet My Heart Sacred Mortals Breasts Tunes Solemn Harps

Book:An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts

Source: An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts

“There is a wheel within a wheel; a secret sacred wheel of Providence (most visible in marriages), guided by His hand that allows not the race to the swift nor bread to the wise, nor good wives to good men: and He that can bring good out of evil (for mortals are blind to this reason) only knows why this blessing was denied to patient Job, to meek Moses, and to our as meek and patient Mr Hooker.”

Source: The Ecclesiastical polity and other works of Richard Hooker: with his life by I. Walton. To which are added, the 'Christian letter' to mr. Hooker; and dr. Covel's 'Just and temperate defence' in reply to it [&c.] an intr. and notes by B. Hanbury

“The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere.”

Way Humans Long Prayer Human Beings Effort Worship Sacred Scripture Mortals Sincere Pray Love Eat Pray Love Book Eat Pray And Love Best Eat Pray Love Eat Love Pray

Book:The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims

Source: The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims

“There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us.”

World Feels Two Together Creation Sacred Mortals Occasions Insufficiency

Author:Marilynne Robinson

“The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us for exaltation. It is important that we gain a sure knowledge that our preparation to enter the holy house and that our participation in these ceremonies and covenants are some of the most significant events we will experience in our mortal lives.”

“All thoughts, all passions, all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers of Love And feed His sacred flame.”

Love Life Heart Passion Love You Sacred Passionate Delight Mortals Ministers Flames Love Is All You Need

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“In the hours of distress and misery, the eyes of every mortal turn to friendship; in the hours of gladness and conviviality, what is our want? It is friendship. When the heart overflows with gratitude, or with any other sweet or sacred sentiment, what is the word to which it would give utterance? A friend.”

Want Giving Heart Eye Turns Hours Sweet Gratitude Sacred Misery Mortals Sentiments Distress Utterance Gladness Overflow

Author:Walter Savage Landor

“No "natural" resource is more precious and to be used more wisely than time. These mortal moments matter more than we know. There are no idle hours; there are only idle people. In true righteousness there is serenity, but there is an array of reminders that the "sacred present" is packed with possibilities which are slipping by us, which are going away from us each moment.”

People Knows Matter Moments Used Hours Natural Possibility Balance Resources Sacred Mortals Going Away Righteousness Serenity Idle Reminders Natural Resources Slipping

Author:Neal A. Maxwell