Woods Quotes - Page 40

• Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.

  Martin Luther

  Believe, People, Church

  "The Complete Sermons of Martin Luther, Volume 1".

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• This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind.

  Jean Froissart

  Home, Mean, Cutting

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• Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Stars, Clouds, Air

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1867). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Complete Edition”, p.6

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• The tempered light of the woods is like a perpetual morning.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Morning, Light

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 Volumes)”, p.234, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Love is a young green willow shimmering at the bare wood's edge

  William Carlos Williams

  Love Is, Green, Young

  William Carlos Williams (1991). “The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams”, p.160, New Directions Publishing

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• But he who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of fetters, the non-adorer, the dweller in the woods.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Dog, People, Free Spirit

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche”, Delphi Classics

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• Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational Love, Laughter, Wine

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• I'd like to throw Betsey Andreu and Travis Tygart in a wood-chipper. That would be my idea of a good time. Maybe I could get George to come over and help me clean up after.

  Jens Voigt

  Cycling, Ideas, Would Be

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• Things worth having don't come easy," Woods said. "You have to fight for it until you're tired of fighting, and then you take a breather and fight some more." He squeezed my shoulder. "Don't give up. You'll regret it.

  Abbi Glines

  Giving Up, Regret, Inspiration

  Abbi Glines (2014). “You Were Mine: A Rosemary Beach Novel”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to be able to work a piece of wood into an object that contributes something beautiful and useful to everyday life.

  Sam Maloof

  Beautiful, Everyday, Want

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• My recipe for bliss on a Friday night consists of a 'New York Times' crossword puzzle and a new episode of 'Homicide;' Saturdays and Sundays are oriented around walks in the woods with the dog, human companion in tow some of the time but not always.

  Caroline Knapp

  Friday, Dog, New York

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• I think probably one of the important things that happened to me was growing up in Idaho in the mountains, in the woods, and having a very strong presence of the wilderness around me. That never felt like emptiness. It always felt like presence.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Strong, Growing Up, Thinking

  "Marilynne Robinson Extended Interview". Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 18, 2009.

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• Whenever we touch nature we get clean. People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods, or a bath in the sea. Entering the unconscious, entering yourself through dreams, is touching nature from the inside and this is the same thing, things are put right again.

  Carl Jung

  Dream, Dirty, Sea

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• I love walking in the woods, on the trails, along the beaches. I love being part of nature. I love walking alone. It is therapy. One needs to be alone, to recharge one's batteries.

  Grace Kelly

  Beach, Love Is, Batteries

  "The Milwaukee Sentinel Princess Grace finds relaxation in her gardens", January 1, 1981.

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• Would you complain because a beautiful sunset doesn't have a future or a shooting star a payoff? And why should romance 'lead anywhere'? Passion isn't a path through the woods. Passion is the woods.

  Tom Robbins

  Beautiful, Stars, Passion

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• My furniture, boxes, and turnings are simple, practical designs for everyday use. I love the grain and beauty of wood. Each piece of lumber is a work of art, after all, and I'd like to honor that gift and pass it on for someone else to appreciate.

  Steve Miller

  Art, Simple, Appreciate

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• The shed of leaves became a cascade of red and gold and after a time the trees stood skeletal against a sky of weathered tin. The land lay bled of its colors. The nights lengthened, went darker, brightened in their clustered stars. The chilled air smelled of wood smoke, of distances and passing time. Frost glimmered on the morning fields. Crows called across the pewter afternoons.

  James Carlos Blake

  Morning, Stars, Distance

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• If you have ever gone into the woods with me, I must love you very much.

  Mary Oliver

  Love You, Gone, Ifs

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• Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone. When I'm alone I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.

  Mary Oliver

  Love You, Rose, Singing

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• Suddenly I had a flash of insight: I am a monster, I realized, a monster that wants to stalk through the woods, free and alone, and cannot even bear so much as the touch of a branch on its skin.

  Marlen Haushofer

  Skins, Monsters, Branches

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• In Into the Woods, Cinderella runs from her prince, Rapunzel is thrown from a tower for her prince, and Sleeping Beauty just thought she was getting coffee with Bill Cosby.

  Tina Fey

  Running, Coffee, Sleep

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• I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing.

  Melissa McCarthy

  Quilts, Thinking, Tinkering

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• I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew.

  Tim Conway

  Fall, Falling Apart, Furniture

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• I'd like to form a club just for fathers. Specifically, fathers of daughters. There would be lots of overstuffed leather chairs, wood paneling, dim lights. The works.

  Steve Schirripa

  Daughter, Father, Light

  Steve Schirripa (2014). “Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• Being in the woods at night is a beautiful thing.

  Hugo Weaving

  Beautiful, Night, Beautiful Things

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