“ Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
- 3.5K
“ From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
- 2.1K
“ As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain… Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great. ”
- Francis Quarles- Copy
- 1.1K
“ But shapes that come not at an earthly call, Will not depart when mortal voices bid. ”
- William Wordsworth- Copy
- 2.5K
“ All endeavors which are directed to a purely worldly end, contain within themselves the seeds of their own corruption. ”
- Theodore White- Copy
- 1.4K
“ The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted. ”
- William Ralph Inge- Copy
- 2K
“ I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.6K
“ As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples. ”
- Adam Clarke- Copy
- 2K
“ I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. Such results are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it. ”
- Arthur Goldberg- Copy
- 3.1K
“ In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable to unite the religious bodies in any system of combined religious instruction. ”
- Richard Cobden- Copy
- 4K
“ The building of a perfect body crowned by a perfect brain, is at once the greatest earthly problem and grandest hope of the race. ”
- Dio Lewis- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Unlike those who pretend to be immaculate, fallen angels are usually more intriguing because their earthliness is heavenly. ”
- Carl Polloi- Copy
- 2.8K
“ I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 3K
“ Who would've thought such a slight tilt in our earthly axis could make such a big difference in our lives? The big wheel keeps on turning and here we are again, looking in the sweet face of darkness. ”
- Geoffrey Neighor- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Blessed be childhood which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. ”
- Henri F. Amiel- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death. ”
- Franz Leher- Copy
- 1.1K
“ All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ”
- Francois de Salignac Fenelon- Copy
- 1.1K
“ An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
- 1.1K
“ By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: simplicity and purity. ”
- Thomas a Kempis- Copy
- 370
“ Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles. What is that? It is the sun going to his rest. ”
- Thomas De Quincey- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed… if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
- 3.3K
“ His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes — cats — I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, mine eyes the tail that wagg'd contempt at Fate. ”
- Sir William Watson- Copy
- 157
“ Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments. ”
- Channing Pollock- Copy
- 1.7K
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