Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 231.
“O soldier and hero of God, where for thee is sorrow or shame or suffering? For thy life is a glory, thy deeds a consecration, victory thy apotheosis, defeat thy triumph.”
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Karma
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Sri Aurobindo 224
Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, gur… 1872–1950Related quotes
“O, brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother;
where pity dwells, the peace of God is there.”
Worship, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“God of grace and God of glory,
On Thy people pour Thy power.”
God of Grace and God of Glory (1930)
Context: God of grace and God of glory,
On Thy people pour Thy power.
Crown Thine ancient church’s story,
Bring her bud to glorious flower.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
For the facing of this hour,
For the facing of this hour.
“It is thy very energy of thought
Which keeps thee from thy God.”
The Dream of Gerontius http://www.ccel.org/n/newman/gerontius/gerontius.htm, Pt. III (1866).