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Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.

Julius Sterling Morton

Holiday, Past, Arbor Day

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To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the rising and falling tides (of affairs). So that with nature and law at his back, and truth and beneficence as his beacon light, he may accomplish wonders. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. Man thus becomes the victim of the tides when he should be their Master.

H. P. Blavatsky

Change, Time, Truth

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For it is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spiritual, Lying, Infinite

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.34, University of Georgia Press

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To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest. There I find a life which I cannot describe, a joy which I cannot make others comprehend, a peace such as is found only under the hospitable roof of our best Friend.

Ignatius of Loyola

Jesus, Joy, Delight

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Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart unconscious of sorrow and happiness - that is perfect virtue. One, without change - that is perfect repose. Without any obstruction - that is the perfection of the unconditioned. Holding no relations with the external world, - that is perfection of the negative state. Without blemish of any kind, - that is the perfection of purity.

Zhuangzi

Hate, Heart, Loss

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That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger-not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose.

George Eliot

Funny, Husband, Wife

George Eliot (2004). “Silas Marner (Sparklesoup Classics)”, p.113, Sparklesoup LLC

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The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge from the goading urgency of contingent happenings, and the sort of beauty changeless mountains present to senses tried by the present day kaleidoscope of events.

Morris Kline

Teaching, Math, Challenges

Morris Kline (1964). “Mathematics in Western Culture”, p.470, Oxford University Press

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Overall, rocks, wood and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its innermost depths.

Thomas Cole

Nature, Rocks, Water

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The word chrysalis alone is an unmistakable indication that here two dreams are joined together, dreams that be-speak both the repose and flight of being, evening's crystallization and wings that open to the light.

Gaston Bachelard

Dream, Wings, Two

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Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men command What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend? What sweeter solace shall befall than one to find Upon whose breast thou may'st repose the secrets of thy mind

Nicholas Grimald

Friendship, Men, Secret

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There now remain only a few books, which they call books of the lesser prophets; and as I have already shown that the greater are impostors, it would be cowardice to disturb the repose of the little ones. Let them sleep, then, in the arms of their nurses, the priests, and both be forgotten together.

Thomas Paine

Book, Sleep, Nurse

Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.123

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There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Soul, Feelings, Mind

"The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel". Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, translated by Mary Augusta Ward, 1882.

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Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ's wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His groans thy songs, His pains thine ease, His shame thy glory, His death thy life, His sufferings thy salvation.

Matthew Henry

Song, Pain, Healing

Matthew Henry (1828). “Communicant's Companion”, p.130

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When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

Leonard Cohen

Thinking About You, Certain, About Yourself

"I never discuss my mistresses or my tailors" by Nick Paton Walsh, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.

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From it (the Rosary) the young will draw fresh energy with which to control the rebellious tendencies to evil and to preserve intact the stainless purity of the soul. Also in it, the old will again find repose, relief, and peace from their anxious cares. And to all those who suffer in any way, especially the dying, may it bring comfort and increase the hope of eternal happiness.

Pope Pius XI

Evil, Soul, Suffering

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All manifest life seems to require a period of sleep, of calm, in which to gain added strength, renewed vigour, for the next manifestation, or awakening to activity. Thus is the march of all progress, of all manifest life - in waves, successive waves, [of] activity and repose. Waves succeed each other in an endless chain of progression.

Swami Vivekananda

Sleep, Progress, Awakening

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In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost absolute repose.

Francois Arago

Science, Long, Progress

François Arago, Robert GRANT (F.R.A.S.), Baden Powell, William Henry SMYTH (Rear Admiral.) (1857). “Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men ... Translated by ... W. H. Smyth ... the Rev. Baden Powell ... and R. Grant”, p.265

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Kings are like stars,-they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Kings, Stars, World

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1871). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.317

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This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe, For Freedom only deals the deadly blow; Then sheathes in calm repose the vengeful blade, For gentle peace in Freedom's hallowed shade.

John Quincy Adams

Peace, Freedom, Blow

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I like to find what's not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct.

Denise Levertov

Lying, Found

Denise Levertov (2003). “Selected Poems”, p.13, New Directions Publishing

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A collection of masks, depicting historical figures in life and what I like to call the eternal repose.

Wes Craven

Historical, Mask, Figures

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The cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Night, Clouds, Shadow

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1874). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley; Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments”, p.193

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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Should

"Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom".

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There is a certain even-handed justice in Time; and for what he takes away he gives us something in return. He robs us of elasticity of limb and spirit, and in its place he brings tranquility and repose—the mild autumnal weather of the soul.

Alexander Smith

Weather, Giving, Justice

Alexander Smith, Peter Pauper Press (1947). “Dreamthorp: eight essays”

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But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be expanded; the average woman will be as well educated as the average man, and then better educated, for the dormant faculties of her brain will be stimulated to an activity that will be all the more intense and powerful because of centuries of repose. Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.

Nikola Tesla

Powerful, Women, Civilization

"When woman is boss". "Colliers" Magazine, January 30, 1926.

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