“The Bread of angels has become the Bread of mankind; This heavenly Bread puts an end to all images; O wonderful reality! The poor, the slave, and the humble can eat the Lord.” EndsRealityPoorLordWonderfulMankindAngelSlaveHumbleBreadHeavenlySacraments Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent and, furthermore, the men of Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia.This vast power, gathered into one, endeavored to subdue at a blow our country and yours and the whole of the region within the straits, and then, Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and strength, among all mankind.” MenCountryWholeVirtueWonderfulMankindHe ManEuropeExcellenceBlowOur CountryIslandsEmpiresRegionsContinentsEgyptColumnsLibyaAtlantis Book:Gorgias and Timaeus Source: Gorgias and Timaeus
“There is then no analogy whatever between the operations of the Chess-Player, and those of the calculating machine of Mr. Babbage , and if we choose to call the former a pure machine we must be prepared to admit that it is, beyond all comparison, the most wonderful of the inventions of mankind.” IfsPlayerWonderfulMankindPureMachinesPreparedChessInventionFormerOperationsComparisonBe PreparedAnalogiesCalculatingChess Players Book:The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Source: The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
“No, I most certainly do not think advertising people are wonderful. I think they are horrible, and the worst menace to mankind, next to war; perhaps ahead of war. They stand for the material viewpoint, for the importance of possessions, of desire, of envy, of greed. And war comes from these things.” PeopleThinkingWarDesireNextWonderfulWorstMankindMaterialsImportanceGreedPossessionEnvyHorribleAdvertisingViewpointsMenace Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“I cannot but take notice of the wonderful love of God to mankind, who, in order to encourage obedience to His laws, has annexed a present as well as a future reward to a good life; and has so interwoven our duty and our happiness together that, while we are discharging our obligations to the one, we are at the same time making the best provision for the other.” WellsTogetherLawOrderWonderfulMankindDutyRewardsObligationObedienceGod LoveGood LifeProvisionWonderful Love Author:William Melmoth
“So, in the physical world mankind are prone to seek an explanation of uncommon phenomena only, while the ordinary changes of nature, which are in themselves equally wonderful, are disregarded.” WorldLossWonderfulMankindOrdinaryDisasterExplanationUncommonDisregarded Author:Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps
“I do know middle age can bring greater depth, greater wisdom, greater capacity for love, greater capacity for relationship, greater consciousness and desire to serve and awareness of the fate of mankind - all these wonderful things, yes. And I know I'm getting there.” KnowsAgeDesireConsciousnessGreaterFateWonderfulMiddleMankindAwarenessCapacityDepthWonderful ThingsMiddle Ages Author:Marianne Williamson