“Let every Christian be a gardener so that he and she and the whole of creation, which groans in expectation of the Spirit's final harvest, may inherit Paradise. If we Christian's truly treasure the hope that one day we, like Adam and the penitent thief, will walk alongside the One who caused even the dead wood of the Cross to blossom with flowers, then we must also imitate the Master's art and make the desolate earth grow green.” IfsMayArtWholeEarthChristianSpiritGrowsWalksCreationFlowerMastersOne DayExpectationsCrossesGreenFinalsWoodsTreasureParadiseAdamThievesHarvestGardenerDesolate Book:Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening Source: Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening
“The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals. There is no paradise for bored readers and no excuse for tedious literature that does not intrigue the reader, uplift him, give him the joy and the escape that true art always grants.” GivingDoeArtPoliticalJoySpiritLiteratureSocialPoetReaderIdealsExcuseUpliftingBoredOur TimeParadiseGrantsPreacherStorytellerIntrigueEntertainersTediousNo Excuses Book:The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer Source: The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
“In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4 a.m. His suave young men, always commuting between Princeton and The Plaza in Stutz Bearcats never sat still for long. It was too uncomfortable, with a large flask in the hip pocket.” MenLongArtStillsYoungSpiritSidesHoursNovelEntertainmentHipsUncomfortableYoung ManSatParadisePocketsPrincetonSuaveCommutingFlasks Author:Richard Armour
“For four hundred years the blacks of Haiti had yearned for peace. for three hundred years the island was spoken of as a paradise of riches and pleasures, but that was in reference to the whites to whom the spirit of the land gave welcome. Haiti has meant split blood and tears for blacks.” YearsSpiritThreePleasureRaceFourBloodLandTearsHundredRichesWelcomeIslandsParadiseSplitsHaiti Author:Zora Neale Hurston