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The Angel
Connection:
"Feathered Quotes"
The following quotes about Angels come
from a wide and very diverse array of sources. I am constantly amazed,
in my reading, at the range of representations of angels in art and in
literature throughout history. And at the almost universal acceptance of
angels as symbols of beauty, grace, wisdom, strength, mercy, peace, truth,
hope and guardianship. Please enjoy the following quotes about what
David Connolly calls "this universally endearing subject". GDC
1. "Every
man contemplates an angel in his future self."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. "It is
to those who perceive through symbols, the poets, the artists, and the
seekers of meaning, that the angel makes himself known."
Theodora ward
3.
"Perhaps there are no artistic representations that appeal to a greater
number of people, of all possible types, than do those of angels."
Clara Erskine Waters
4. "Make
yourself familiar with angels, and behold them in spirit; for without
being seen, they are present with you."
St. Francis
de Sales
5. "Each
person is touched by angels in a different manner and has a
relationship with them according to their own belief and choosing."
David
Connolly
6. "If
you believe there are angels, believe there are angels; and if you
don't, don't. But don't tame them into something to which you
can be indifferent."
Ona
7.
"-It is said and it is true, that just before we are born a
cavern angel puts his finger to our lips and says, 'Hush, don't
tell what you know'. This is why we are born with a cleft on
our upper lips and remembering nothing of where we come from."
Roderick
MacLeish - Prince Ombra
8. "Be an angel -- do
one small act of service for someone, be a blessing in someone's
life."
Mordecai
Finley
9. "The angel
personifies the coming into consciousness of something arising
from the deep unconscious."
Carl Jung
10. "Angels
can fly because they take themselves lightly."
Scottish Saying
11. "Outside
the open window the morning air is all awash with angels.."
Richard Wilbur
12.
"That's all an angel is, an idea of God"
Meister Eckhart
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