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Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
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Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife,
And so turns wine to water back again.
- Richard Crashaw,
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in read more
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected."
An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected."
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add read more
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.
Had Tibet not fallen away from dharma
China could not have invaded.
(in reference to violation of Buddha's
forbidding animal read more
Had Tibet not fallen away from dharma
China could not have invaded.
(in reference to violation of Buddha's
forbidding animal slaughter).
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, read more
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach,
'Tis an implicit satire on mankind;
And while it satisfies, it read more
What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach,
'Tis an implicit satire on mankind;
And while it satisfies, it censures too.