
“With tears we sow seeds of prayer in the earth of the heart, hoping to reap the harvest in joy.”
§ 73
On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480 AD)
Source: The Persians (472 BC), lines 821–822 (tr. Christopher Collard)
Ὕβρις γὰρ ἐξανθοῦσ᾽ ἐκάρπωσεν στάχυν ἄτης, ὅθεν πάγκλαυτον ἐξαμᾷ θέρος.
“With tears we sow seeds of prayer in the earth of the heart, hoping to reap the harvest in joy.”
§ 73
On Spiritual Knowledge and Discrimination (480 AD)
Reported in Phinneys' Calendar (1878), edited by Andrew Beers.
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
2015 interview http://www.metroweekly.com/2015/04/from-scratch-james-alefantis/
“Every age bears its fruits, it's all in knowing how to harvest them.”
Tout âge porte ses fruits, il faut savoir les cueillir.
Raymond Radiguet: Le bal du comte d'Orgel. Paris 1924. P. 15.
Part ii, canto ii.
Lucile (1860)
Source: Gormenghast (1950), Chapter 1, section 1 (p. 399)