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• A heart renewed--a loving heart--a penitent and humble heart--a heart broken and contrite, purified by love--that and only that is the rest of men. Spotlessness may do for angels, repentance unto life is the highest that belongs to man.

  Frederick William Robertson

  Heart, Humble, Men

  Frederick William Robertson (1917). “Sermons on Bible subjects”

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• Blessed is the pilgrim, who in every place, and at all times of this his banishment in the body, calling upon the holy name of Jesus, calleth to mind his native heavenly land, where his blessed Master, the King of saints and angels, waiteth to receive him. Blessed is the pilgrim who seeketh not an abiding place unto himself in this world; but longeth to be dissolved, and be with Christ in heaven.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Jesus, Kings, Blessed

  "Vera Sapientia or True Wisdom". Book by Thomas a Kempis,

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• When one that holds communion with the skies
  Has fill'd his urn where these pure waters rise,
  And once more mingles with us meaner things,
  'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings.

  William Cowper

  Sky, Wings, Water

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.77

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• What a man pays for bread and butter is worth its market value, and no more. What he pays for love's sake is gold indeed, which has a lure for angels' eyes, and rings well upon God's touchstone.

  James Russell Lowell

  Love, Eye, Men

  James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.55

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• Be not frightened at the hard words "imposition," "imposture;" give and ask no questions. Cast thy bread upon the waters. Some have, unawares, entertained angels.

  Charles Lamb

  Giving, Water, Charity

  Charles Lamb (1855). “Works, with a Sketch of His Life and Final Memorials”, p.138

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• At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely.

  Martin Luther

  Death, Journey, Hands

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• Every man has a paradise around him till he sins, and the angel of an accusing conscience drives him from his Eden.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Men, Eden, Paradise

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works: Hyperion”, p.110

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• As the Christian's sorrows multiply, his patience grows, until, with sweet, unruffled quiet, he can confront the ills of life, and, though inwardly wincing, can calmly pursue his way to the restful grave, while his old, harsh voice is softly cadenced into sweetest melody, like the faint notes of an angel's whispered song. As patience deepens, charity and sympathy increase.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Christian, Sweet, Song

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• For me a true poem is on the way when I begin to be haunted, when it seems as if I were being asked an inescapable question by an angel with whom I must wrestle to get at the answer.

  May Sarton

  Answers, Way, Seems

  May Sarton (2015). “Writings on Writing”, p.39, Open Road Media

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• Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven; And bright with beckoning angels—but alas! We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams, By the first step, dull slumbering on the earth.

  Alan Judd

  Dream, Art, Philosophy

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• Love can make us fiends as well as angels.

  Charles Kingsley

  Love, Wells

  Charles Kingsley (1875). “Poems: Including The Saint's Tragedy, Andromeda, Songs, Ballads, &c”, p.95

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• If human love hath power to penetrate the veil--and hath it not?--then there are yet living here a few who have the blessedness of knowing that an angel loves them.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Death, Knowing, Veils

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• The breath of peace was fanning her glorious brow, her head was bowed a very little forward, and a tress, escaping from its bonds, fell by the side of her pure white temple, and close to her just opened lips; it hung there motionless! no breath disturbed its repose! She slept as an angel might sleep, having accomplished the mission of her God.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Sleep, Escaping, White

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• As there is much beast and some devil in man, so is there some angel and some God in him. The beast and the devil may be conquered, but in this life never destroyed.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Character, Men, Devil

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Greenough Thayer Shedd (1854). “The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an Introductory Essay Upon His Philosophical and Theological Opinions”, p.364

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• When somebody is angry with us, we draw a halo around his or her head, in our minds. Does the person stop being angry then? Well, we don't know! We know, though, that when we draw a halo around a person, suddenly the person starts to look like an angel to us.

  John Lennon

  Peace, Mind, Halos

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• Millions of angels are at God's command.

  Billy Graham

  Spirituality, Command, Millions

  Billy Graham (2011). “Angels: Ringing Assurance that We Are Not Alone”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When religion doth with virtue join, it makes a hero like an angel shine.

  Edmund Waller

  Hero, Shining, Religion

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• O most illustrious of the days of time!
  Day full of joy and benison to earth
  When Thou wast born, sweet Babe of Bethlehem!
  With dazzling pomp descending angels sung
  Good will and peace to men, to God due praise,
  Who on the errand of salvation sent
  Thee, Son Beloved! of plural Unity
  Essential part, made flesh that mad'st all worlds.

  Abraham Coles

  Christmas, Sweet, Son

  Abraham Coles (1892). “Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.)”

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• It is so true that a woman may be in love with a woman, and a man with a man. It is pleasant to be sure of it, because it is undoubtedly the same love that we shall feel when we are angels.

  Margaret Fuller

  Men, May, Sexuality

  Margaret Fuller (2008). “Woman in the Ninteenth Century (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.194, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Oh, we are ridiculous animals; and if the angels have any fun in them, how we must divert them!

  Horace Walpole

  Fun, Animal, Ridiculous

  Horace Walpole, John Wright, George Agar-Ellis Dover (1st baron) (1840). “The letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including numerous letters now first published from the original manuscripts”, p.253

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• O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep;
  Thou bearest angels to us in the night,
  Saints out of heaven with palms.
  Seen by thy light
  Sorrow is some old tale that goeth not deep;
  Love is a pouting child.

  Jean Ingelow

  Children, Sleep, Deep Love

  Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.244

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• Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure them homage.

  Phoebe Cary

  Beautiful, Youth, Virtue

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• Just think of the possibilities, the potential. Every little boy that has just been born becomes an heir to this glorious, glorious program. When he is grown, he meets a lovely woman; they are married in the holy temple. They live all the commandments of the Lord. They keep themselves clean. And then they become sons of God, and they go forward with their great program-they go beyond the angels, beyond the angels and the gods that are waiting there. They go to their exaltation.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Son, Boys, Thinking

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• And yet we check and chide
  The airy angels as they float about us,
  With rules of so-called wisdom, till they grow
  The same tame slaves to custom and the world.

  Frances Sargent Osgood

  Children, World, Slave

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• Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.

  Phyllis Bottome

  Men, Saint, Common

  Phyllis Bottome (1943). “Survival”, Boston : Little, Brown

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