Quotes by Decay We begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is inherent in youth, the nature of sickness is inherent in health, in the midst of life we are verily in death. Gautama Buddha decayyouthcauses Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. George MacDonald decayagereality Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. George Whitefield decayreligioustogether Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. George Orwell political-languagechaosdecay And so all growth that is not towards God Is growing to decay. George MacDonald decaygrowinggrowth This whole which is visible in different ways in bodies, as far as formation, constitution, appearance, colors and other properties and common qualities, is none other than the diverse face of the same substance a changeable, mobile face, subject to decay, of an immobile, permanent and eternal being. Giordano Bruno decayqualitycolor Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day. George Eliot nailsdecaythinking All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence! Gautama Buddha diligencedecayexcellence Natural religion itself, seems to decay very much. Many will have human souls to be material: others make God himself a corporeal being. Gottfried Leibniz decaysoulnatural Everything goes through the cycle of birth, growth, maturation, decay and death. But all of this is an illusion. Everything we see is an illusion. Frederick Lenz decaygrowthignorance The world was in her heart already, like the small spot of decay in a fruit. Graham Greene decayfruitheart Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things. Gilbert K. Chesterton obvious-thingsdecaycivilization All composite things decay. Strive diligently. Gautama Buddha compositesstrivedecay Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly. Gregory Maguire brightnessdecaywells Probably the worst thing that has happened in America in my time is the decay of confidence in the courts. No one can be sure any more that in a given case they will uphold the plainest mandate of the Constitution. On the contrary, everyone begins to be more or less convinced in advance that they won't. Judges are chosen not because they know the Constitution and are in favor of it, but precisely because they appear to be against it. H. L. Mencken decayjudgingamerica I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this time I feel it as a decay of the odds that I might live for a while, that I can sleep it off. Harold Brodkey decayoddssleep There was something alike terrifying and piteous in the spectacle of these frail old morsels of humanity consecrating their last flickering energies to the task of making each other wretched. Hatred seemed to be the one faculty which had survived in undiminished vigor where all else was dropping into ordered and symmetrical decay. Hector Hugh Munro decayhatredhumanity People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die. Hector Hugh Munro decayreligiouspeople The decay of society is praised by artists as the decay of a corpse is praised by worms. Gilbert K. Chesterton decayliteratureart Change and decay in all around I see. Henry Francis Lyte decay«1234567891011»
