Quotes by Fire The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire. Edgar Allan Poe taughtfireworld The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness. Eckhart Tolle lightgracefire The fire. The odor of burning juniper is the sweetest fragrance on the face of the earth, in my honest judgment; I doubt if all the smoking censers of Dante's paradise could equal it. One breath of juniper smoke, like the perfume of sagebrush after rain, evokes in magical catalysis, like certain music, the space and light and clarity and piercing strangeness of the American West. Long may it burn. Edward Abbey lightfirerain In a sky of iron the points of the Dipper hung like icicles and Orion flashed his cold fires. Edith Wharton starsfiresky Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately. Edward Everett Hale angerfirewise Judge not that ye be judged; we carried the torch to the goal. Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien goalfirenight I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion, or angry division. Edward Kennedy lightfireamerica It's really hard to take that step-not only do I believe in something, I believe in it enough that I'm willing to set my own life on fire and burn it to the ground. Edward Snowden firestepsbelieve The Orient and Islam have a kind of extrareal, phenomenologically reduced status that puts them out of reach of everyone except the Western expert. From the beginning of Western speculation about the Orient, the one thing th orient could not do was to represent itself. Evidence of the Orient was credible only after it had passed through and been made firm by the refining fire of the Orientalist’s work. Edward Said islamfireexperts Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a major influence in making modern man what he is today. Edward R. Murrow firediscoverymen Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste, that instant they take fire. Edward Young dyingfiredeath Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. Edmund Burke firehouseplay Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue. Edward Young revengefirechildren In the field of controversy I always pity the moderate party, who stand on the open middle ground exposed to the fire of both sides. Edward Gibbon partyfieldsfire Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind. Edward Gibbon reflectionfirehistory We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 14.48 km (9 miles) wide again at its center. We can't allow the Palestinians to be a couple of [miles] from [Tel Aviv's] Ben-Gurion Airport in the age of shoulder-fire missiles with the capacity to shoot down jumbo jets. But that doesn't mean we must remain in every corner of the West Bank or in Gaza, where fewer than 10,000 Jews, living next to 1.3 million Palestinians, have been protected by twice as many soldiers. Ehud Olmert couplefiremean I hate the word mentor, the professionalization of friendships between generations. I just feel like the fact of friendship is the thing we all adored, like the younger befriends or reaches out to their hero, and for me, whenever you meet some younger person, who has a fire in their gut, a way of being in the world, it excites you. Eileen Myles hatefirehero Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself. Eleanor of Aquitaine grieffiredoe Or perhaps you notice a congregation of ladybugs on a rose stalk. Don't invoke the old nursery saying and ask them to fly away home. Their house is not on fire. Your roses are, with aphids, which the ladybugs are feeding on - and you can bless yourself that they have come to your rescue. Eleanor Perenyi firehomerose Of all the featherless beasts, only man, chained by his self-imposed slavery to the clock, denies the elemental fire and proceeds as best he can about his business, suffering quietly, martyr to his madness. Much to learn. Edward Abbey selffiremen«4243444546474849505152»
