Descending Quotes
Descending Quote of the day
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.
To trace the history of a river . . . is to trace the history of the soul, the history of the mind descending and arising in the body.
Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.
The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.
History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.
Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
The Conscious will is represented by the Sacred Woman, Maria, Isis, who crushes the descending serpent's head.
The air is full of souls those who are nearest to earth descending to be tied to mortal bodies return to other bodies, desiring to live in them.
What on earth can you do on this earth but catch at whatever comes near you, with both your fingers, until your fingers are broken?
On motionless wing they emerge from the lifting mists, sweep a final arc of sky, and settle in clangorous descending spirals to their feeding grounds. A new day has begun on the crane marsh.
We knew - but didn't want to know - what was going to happen, the sky descending upon our heads like the shadow of a falling piano in a cartoon.
Coffee comes in five descending stages: Coffee, Java, Jamoke, Joe, and Carbon Remover.
Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favoured sinners slain; Thousand thousand Saints attending Swell the triumph of His train.
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.
Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
For war is never some cosmic accident descending upon a people with all the chance and inevitability of asteroids falling like fire out of the heavens, but only the will and work of man.
...most of the press were vultures descending on the scene for curious America aplomb. Cameras inside the coffin interviewing worms.
At college my three main interests were - in descending order of importance - a steady supply of recreational drugs, a 2-S draft deferment, and overthrowing the Nixon administration.
I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.
Any Canadian looking in the bathroom mirror is sure to recognize one of Guy Vanderhaeghe's people. Man Descending is the startling debut of an excellent writer.
When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd.
You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to lots of jazz, actually.
Only a fulfilled heart can pray, because only a fulfilled heart can be grateful and can feel the grace descending.
A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing scene.
My left descending septal branch artery decided to close without consultation with any of my other organs. It happened on Saint Patrick's Day, 1978.
He that contemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her.
The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.
It must be that I am dreaming, and that I shall awaken in a moment to see that awful knife descending toward my heart- kiss me, dear, just once before I lose my dream forever." -Jane-
Once embarked on a course of sensationalism, the composer is forced into a descending spiral spin from which only the most experienced pilot can flatten out in time.
Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.
Ballet for a rainy day Silent film of melting miracle play Dancing out there through my window To the backdrop of a slow descending grey
There will be hoards of vampire bats descending on Beverly Hills.... We'll see if they can find any real flesh to puncture. I don't know.