No fate holds more splendour for an artist, than the one which greets his effort with such enthousiasm!
Kings ought never to be seen upon the stage. In the abstract, they are very disagreeable characters: it is only while living that they are 'the best of kings'. It is their power, their splendour, it is the apprehension of the personal consequences of their favour or their hatred that dazzles the imagination and suspends the judgement of their favourites or their vassals; but death cancels the bond of allegiance and of interest; and seen AS THEY WERE, their power and their pretensions look monstrous and ridiculous.
In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim. . . The details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us only the spirit and splendour.
Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour.
And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.
Life, that can shower you with so much splendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up.
Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art-- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite.
A splendour of miscellaneous spirits.
The skyline of New York is a monument of a splendour that no pyramids or palaces will ever equal or approach.
As the genuine religious impulse becomes dominant, adoration more and more takes charge. 'I come to seek God because I need Him', may be an adequate formula for prayer. 'I come to adore His splendour, and fling myself and all that I have at His feet', is the only possible formula for worship.
A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
One of the most important-and most neglected-elements in the beginning of the interior life is the ability to respond to reality, to see the value and the beauty in ordinary things, to come alive to the splendour that is all around us.
The outer world, with all its phenomena, is filled with divine splendour, but we must have experienced the divine within ourselves, before we can discover it in our environment
Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and his life is sweet.
I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour!
Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.
Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
I have seen the face of Jesus, Tell me not of aught beside, I have heard the voice of Jesus, All my soul is satisfied. All around is earthly splendour Earthly scenes lie fair and bright. But mine eyes no longer see them, For the glory of that light. Light that knows no cloud, no waning, Light wherein I see His face, All His love’s uncounted treasures, All the riches of His grace.
Light-enchanted sunflower, thou Who gazest ever true and tender On the sun's revolving splendour.
