“Still young and fine! but what is still in view
We slight as old and soil'd, though fresh and new.”
Henry Vaughan (1621–1695) Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet
"The Rainbow".
Silex Scintillans (1655)
“When we're young, we notice things that are young, like ourselves. New grass on old graves. New leaves on old trees”
Volume 3: Caldé of the Long Sun (1994), Ch. 1
Fiction, The Book of the Long Sun (1993–1996)
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American science fiction and fantasy writer 1931–2019Related quotes
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And trade new myths for old.”
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Context: We clothe ourselves in flame
And trade new myths for old.
The Greek gods christen us
With ghosts of comet swords;
God smiles and names us thus: "
"Arise! Run! Fly, my Lords!"
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Capitalism and Socialism: A Theological Inquiry (American Enterprise Institute Press, 1979).
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Kenzaburō Ōe (1935) Japanese author
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Context: In the end of my new novel, my hero is creating a new charity, not Christian, not Buddhist, but only they are doing something for the soul of him, of the assembled young men. One day the leader reads a Bible in front of the people, the letter of Ephesians. In Ephesians there are two words: "New Man." Jesus Christ has become a New Man on the cross. We must take off the old coat of the old man. We must become the New Man. Only the New Man can do something, so you must become a New Man. My hero has no program about the future, but he believes that we must create New Man. Young men must become New Man. Old man must mediate to create New Man. That is my creed.
