R.S. Thomas Quotes

What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps.

I'm not a fan of musicals at all, but I do think 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is a very good. I always thought 'Walk the Line' was very good, too.

At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.

Blessed is he who has found his work let him ask no other blessedness.

Work alone is noble.

Famous old houses seem to have an intuitive perception of the value of corner lots. If it is a possible thing, they always set themselves down on the most desirable spots.

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.

And muse on Nature with a poet's eye.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

If you look deep enough you will see music the heart of nature being everywhere music.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles he can only discover them.

Moving on is not closure. It's not neat, and it's not about turning the page. It is about moving on, but it doesn't mean that you've left something behind.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

If I am right about the big picture, I will be rewarded for my patience.

The disembodied spirit is immortal there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.

Death is the cure for all diseases.

It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, 'Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.'

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.

Age is like love, it cannot be hid.

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.

Conformity is painful. You know, it's too tight. Conformity leads to rebellion. So a desire for happiness is in direct conflict with a desire for freedom.

Happiness is secured through virtue it is a good attained by man's own will.

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Synths are a very low level of artificial intelligence. Whereas you have a Stradivarius that will live for a thousand years.

To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.

When Washington visited Portsmouth in 1789, he was not much impressed by the architecture of the little town that had stood by him so stoutly in the struggle for independence.

I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.

The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.

A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.

I hope the cooks who are working for me now are getting that kind of experience so they can use what they're learning now as a foundation for a great career.

It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back.

Food should be fun.

People need to look at wildlife conservation in its totality. As soon as you lose the apex predator, it has harmful consequences right down the food chain.

Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.

Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.

I can hear the roar of women's silence.

Were there no women, men might live like gods.

The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others the best way to gather is to scatter.

Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.

Care and diligence bring luck.

I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.