J.W. Lord Quotes
Overwhelmingly strong proofs of intelligent and benevolent design lie around us... the atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words.
I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine
Gone - flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun From the day! Gone, and a cloud in my heart.
On with the dance! let joy be unconfin'd No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the Glowing Hours with Flying feet
He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
Vortices of pure energy can exist and, if my theories are right, can compose the bodily form of an intelligent species.
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of: Wherefore, let they voice, Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
Observe any meetings of people, and you will always find their eagerness and impetuosity rise or fall in proportion to their numbers.
Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority...
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
We are all the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.
It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil.
A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.
See, you're out your mind tryin' to face tha God. Your rhyme is like an empty prison...a waste of bars.
For every worm beneath the moon Draws different threads, and late and soon Spins, toiling out his own cocoon.
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more: Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.
The parting of a husband and wife is like the cleaving of a heart; one half will flutter here, one there.
Let no man grumble when his friends fall off, As they will do like leaves at the first breeze; When your affairs come round, one way or t'other, Go to the coffee house, and take another.
