Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Bhagavad Gita, Ch X, verse 32
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ch. VII-XII, 2014
Source: The Burning Bridge
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Bhagavad Gita, Ch X, verse 32
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Ch. VII-XII, 2014
“I am the owner of my shoulders, the tenant of my hips.”
Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981) Mauritian artist
Sens-plastique
“O Lord, my God, I recognise Thy voice!”
Anatole France book The Revolt of the Angels
Source: The Revolt of the Angels (1914), Ch. XXXV
Context: Satan, piercing space with his keen glance, contemplated the little globe of earth and water where of old he had planted the vine and formed the first tragic chorus. And he fixed his gaze on that Rome where the fallen God had founded his empire on fraud and lie. Nevertheless, at that moment a saint ruled over the Church. Satan saw him praying and weeping. And he said to him:
"To thee I entrust my Spouse. Watch over her faithfully. In thee I confirm the right and power to decide matters of doctrine, to regulate the use of the sacraments, to make laws and to uphold purity of morals. And the faithful shall be under obligation to conform thereto. My Church is eternal, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Thou art infallible. Nothing is changed."
And the successor of the apostles felt flooded with rapture. He prostrated himself, and with his forehead touching the floor, replied:
"O Lord, my God, I recognise Thy voice! Thy breath has been wafted like balm to my heart. Blessed be Thy name. Thy will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
Kunti character from Indian epic Mahabharata
Kunti in grief wanting to commit sati (selfimmolation) with her dead husband.
The Mahabharata/Book 1: Adi Parva/Section CXXV
“Give, O Lord, what Thou commandest, and then command what Thou wilt.”
Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 512
Joseph Smith, Jr. book Doctrine and Covenants
Doctrine and Covenants, 135:1 (27 June 1844)
Cried out by Smith as he fell to his death after being shot by a mob.
1840s
Walter M. Miller, Jr. book A Canticle for Leibowitz
Ch 2
A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), Fiat Homo
“Bless my enemies, O Lord, even I bless them and do not curse them.”
Nikolaj Velimirović (1880–1956) Serbian bishop and saint
Благослови непријатеље моје, Господе, и ја их благосиљам и не кунем. <br class="br">Prayers by the Lake http://www.sv-luka.org/praylake/index.htm
François Fénelon (1651–1715) Catholic bishop
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 542.
“Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?”
Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook
Source: The Notebook