“Death lieth still in the way of life, Like as a stone in the way of a brook; I will sing against thee, Death, as the brook does, I will make thee into music which does not die.” WayDoeStillsDeathDiesStonesTheeBrooks Author:Sidney Lanier
“See thou, whatsoever be thy name -- whether Fate, Life, or Devil! I cast thee down my gauntlet, I challenge thee to battle! Men of faint heart may bow before thy mysterious power, thy face of stone may inspire them with dread, in thy unbroken silence they may discern the birth of calamity and an impending avalanche of woe. But I am daring and strong, and I challenge thee to battle! Let us draw our swords, and join our bucklers, and rain such blows upon each other's crests as shall cause the very earth to shake again! Ha! Come forth and fight with me!” MenHeartMayEarthFacesFightingNamesStrongCausesChallengesSilenceFateInspireBirthBattleDrawsDevilRainStonesCastsBlowMysteriousTheeShakesDaringBowsDreadWoeCalamityUnbrokenAvalanchesGauntlet Author:Leonid Andreyev
“If so men's memories not a monument be, None shalt thou have. Warm hearts, and not cold stone, Must mark thy grave, or thou shalt lie, unknown. Marbles keep not themselves; how then, keep thee?” IfsMenHeartLyingMemoriesColdStonesMarkWarmGravesTheeMonumentMarbleWarm Heart Author:John Vance Cheney
“Ah, sinner, may the Lord quicken thee! But it is a work that makes the Saviour weep. I think when He comes to call some of you from your death in sin, He comes weeping and sighing for you. There is a stone that is to be rolled away--your bad and evil habits--and when that stone is taken away, a still small voice will not do for you; it must be the loud crashing voice, like the voice of the Lord which breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.” ThinkingMayStillsEvilVoiceSinLordTakenHabitStonesTheeLoudSinnerWeepingSaviourLebanonSmall VoiceCedars Book:The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 3: Sermons 107-164 Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 3: Sermons 107-164
“For adversities must of necessity come. They are part of the pattern of life's pilgrimage for every individual; and who can escape them? But I say unto thee, that for those who walk in Me, and for those who are encircled by the intercessory prayers of My children, I shall make of the suffering, yea, shall make of the trials a stepping stone to future blessing.” ChildrenSufferingIndividualPrayerWalksBlessingStonesAdversityPatternsTrialsTheeMy ChildrenPilgrimageStepping StonesIntercessory Prayer Book:Come Away My Beloved Source: Come Away My Beloved
“Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.” LiteratureAirStonesGlassesDustTheeEyeglasses Author:Muhammad Iqbal
“To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee?” MadeStonesTheeDamesNotre DameGargoylesQuasimodo Author:Victor Hugo