R.S. Thomas Quotes
Dark is a way and light is a place, Heaven that never was Nor will be ever is always true "Poem on His Birthday
A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of October Summery On the hill's shoulder.
These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.
This bread I break was once the oat, This wine upon a foreign tree Plunged in its fruit; Man in the day or wind at night Laid the crops low, broke the grape's joy.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
Everyone seems to relate to the awkwardness of being a teenager, or even a 30-year-old.
Remember, a negative multiplied by a negative is only positive in maths, not in the real world
I feel absolutely sorry for the person who can't genuinely get excited about his or her work.
There's a limit that you will not be able to go past if you don't understand the importance of reading.
I think my greatest strengths are my hands. I am also good at getting separation from the defender and finding ways to get open. I am also a good route runner.
If you can out last that discomfort! I guarantee you baby; on the other side of it is success.
If you find something greater than yourself, to move you! Then you will make every single dream, become a reality!
If you take the knowledge out of my head and take the experiences that I have, I'm broke. I'm nothing.
I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above — above the world, he's sort of God.
Wars should be over in three days or less...and the American people must be all for it from the outset.
With grace and a keen appreciation of human nature, Nicholas Thompson has written a revealing, moving history of the Cold War through two fascinating men.
I always wanted to be the strongest man on the field. Most of the time, they said I was lifting too much but I didn't believe in that at all.
You just can't wake up out of bed and think you can figure out a gym. You definitely need some personal training.
Other countries may triumph at global conferences where world representatives vote with their hands. But America seems to win whenever the world's people have an opportunity to vote with their feet.
Having children made me confront my true fears and trust in God many times over in a much more intensified manner.
It is wonderful how cheered a pilot becomes after he shoots down his first machine; his morale increases by at least 100 percent.
Courtesy gives its owner a passport round the world. It transmutes aliens into trusting friends.
Most films seem to be about a man and a women falling in love at some point and once you pass forty-five, it's almost disgusting to fall in love.
Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.
Selfness is an essential fact of life. The thought of nonselfness, precise sameness is terrifying.
I don't think that the permanence of the individual human soul is an indispensable part of religious thought.
I do love the idea of being able to take an MP to court for lying. There are ways and means of taking an MP to court just now, but it is very difficult.