Source: Lords and Ladies
“He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.”
Context: I do not think idolatry the worst of sins. Cruelty is the worst of sins. It is far better to worship a false God, than to injure your neighbor—far better to bow before a monstrosity of stone, than to enslave your fellow-men.
“But strive still to be a man before your mother.”
Connoisseur. Motto of No. iii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“To pray means to open your hands before God.”
With Open Hands (1972)
Context: To pray means to open your hands before God. It means slowly relaxing the tension which squeezes your hands together and accepting your existence with an increasing readiness, not as a possession to defend, but as a gift to receive. Above all, prayer is a way of life which allows you to find a stillness in the midst of the world where you open your hands to God’s promises and find hope for yourself, your neighbor and your world. In prayer, you encounter God not only in the small voice and the soft breeze, but also in the midst of the turmoil of the world, in the distress and joy of your neighbor and in the loneliness of your own heart.
“If you are my friend, stand up before me
and scatter the grace that's in your eyes.”
Fragment 138 Voigt
The Willis Barnstone translations, To a Handsome Man
“Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.”
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