Bears Quotes - Page 17

• Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals & is utterly useless to any one; a blight never does good to a tree, & if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit, let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight.

  William Blake

  Happiness, Tree, Sorrow

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.830, Oxford University Press, USA

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• For the other end of the spectrum, the 50 to 85 percent of the world's population who are not the recipients of privilege, the world they know is almost certainly worse than any their earlier counterparts knew. It is likely they are worse off materially, despite the technological changes. In substantive as opposed to formal terms, they are more, not less, subject to arbitrary constraints, since the central mechanisms are more pervasive and more efficient. And they bear the brunt of the various kinds of psychic malaise, as well as of the destructiveness of civil wars.

  Immanuel Wallerstein

  War, Psychics, Technological Change

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• We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

  Teresa of Avila

  Religious, Catholic, Suffering

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.345, A&C Black

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• Every need brings in what's needed. Pain bears its cure like a child.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Children, Pain

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.218, Penguin UK

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• Creation is more than an accident of dead matter. It's a romance. It has purpose. It sings of the Living God. It bears his signature.

  Charles J. Chaput

  Faith, Inspiration, Romance

  Charles J. Chaput (2017). “Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World”, p.225, Henry Holt and Company

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• I find the weight of air/Almost too great to bear.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Grief, Air, Weight

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• The dead don't bear a grudge nor seek a blessing. The dead don't rest uneasy. Only the living.

  Margaret Laurence

  Grief, Blessing, Grudge

  Margaret Laurence (2016). “The Stone Angel”, p.165, Head of Zeus

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• The Constitution of the United States of America clearly affirms the right of every American citizen to bear arms. And as Americans, we will not give up a single right guaranteed under the Constitution.

  Malcolm X

  Giving Up, Gun, America

  Malcolm X (1992). “By any means necessary”, Pathfinder Pr

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• The Spirit bears witness. Ecstasy and enlightenment, inspiration and intuition are not necessary. Happy is the man who is worthy of these; but woe unto us if we wait for such experiences; woe unto us if we do not perceive that these things are of secondary importance.

  Karl Barth

  Happiness, Inspiration, Men

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• Not everybody, however, has a genuine sense of humor. That calls for an altruistic detachment from oneself and a mysterious sympathy with others which is felt even before they open their mouths. Only the person who has also a gift for affection can have a true sense of humor. A good laugh is a sign of love; it may be said to give us a glimpse of, or a first lesson in, the love that God bears for every one of us.

  Karl Rahner

  Giving, Laughing, Glimpse

  Karl Rahner (1973). “Belief today: three theological meditations”, Sheed & Ward Ltd

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• "Thou shalt not bear false witness" Exodus 20:16. When we speak of morality, we imply that a man is true to his word-true to his signature on a contract. The violations of God's laws are evidence that lying and misrepresentation are not absent from us.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Lying, Men, Law

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush to their destruction, and when the way is stony and difficult, they know no better expedient than to overturn the cart and gallop madly away.

  Selma Lagerlöf

  Life, Horse, Smart

  Selma Lagerlöf (2012). “Gösta Berling's Saga”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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• Train children to bear responsibility as you would train them to build muscle. Add what they can handle, then prepare them for more.

  Wes Fesler

  Children, Responsibility, Add

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• Turn down the noise. Reduce the speed. Be like the somnolent bears, or those other animals that slow down
  and almost die in the cold season. Let it be the way it is. The magic is there in its power.

  Henry Mitchell

  Winter, Animal, Magic

  Henry Mitchell (1999). “One Man's Garden”, p.247, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift. The United States provides foreign assistance because it serves OUR interests.

  Howard Berman

  United States, Aids, Said

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• They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.

  Anne Frank

  Stupid, Selfish, Tired

  Anne Frank (1993). “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl”, Bantam

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• I am really not "cyclonic" at all. Far from it. What I want is not here, nor can I longer bear this "cyclonic" atmosphere. This is the way to perfection, to strive to be perfect, and to strive to make perfect a few men and women. My idea of doing good is this: to evolve out a few giants, and not to strew pearls before swine, and so lose time, health, and energy.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Ideas, Perfect

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.141, Advaita Ashrama

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• My wife and I had an argument last week that was so stupid, that it bears repeating. My wife collects twist ties...welcome to my world.

  Bill Engvall

  Stupid, Ties, Wife

  FaceBook post by Bill Engvall from Apr 21, 2013

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• We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don't understand our name at all, we don't know its history and yet we bear it with exalted fidelity, we merge with it, we like it, we are ridiculously proud of it as if we had thought it up ourselves in a moment of brilliant inspiration.

  Milan Kundera

  Funny, Humorous, Inspiration

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• I know what it's like to see one's mother go through the agony of death and be unable to help; there is no consolation. We all have to bear such heavy burdens, for they are unalterably linked to life.

  Albert Einstein

  Mother, Agony, Helping

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• He who finds though that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace. He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more happiness than one man can bear.

  Albert Einstein

  Happiness, Sympathy, Wise

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• Not only had my brother disappeared, but--and bear with me here--a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared.

  John Corey Whaley

  Brother, Memories, Perspective

  John Corey Whaley (2012). “Where Things Come Back”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• But we do now receive a certain portion of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for incorruption, being little by little accustomed to receive and bear God

  Irenaeus of Lyons

  Perfection, Littles, Spirit

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• I've solved the mystery: You have to submit silently. Open up, let go. Let anything penetrate you, even the most painful things. Endure. Bear up. That's the magic key! The text comes by itself, and its meaning shakes the soul. You mustn't let scar tissue form on your wounds; you have to keep ripping them open in order to turn your insides into a marvelous instrument that is capable of anything. All this has its price.

  Klaus Kinski

  Letting Go, Keys, Order

  "Kinski Uncut: The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski". Book by Klaus Kinski, p. 72-73, 1996.

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• Perhaps it won't matter, in the end, which country is the sower of the seed of exploration. The importance will be in the growth of the new plant of progress and in the fruits it will bear. These fruits will be a new breed of the human species, a human with new views, new vigor, new resiliency, and a new view of the human purpose. The plant: the tree of human destiny.

  Neil Armstrong

  Country, Destiny, Views

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