Quotes by Thrones There are other ways of benefiting than by being a recognized tulku and sitting on a throne. Tenzin Palmo thrones sitting way In the texts, and as His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we should check the person's behavior not when they're sitting on a big throne, but behind the scenes. How do they treat ordinary people - not the big sponsors - but just ordinary people who are of no particular importance to them. Tenzin Palmo thrones ordinary people Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty. Swami Vivekananda thrones christian giving For my own part, I adhere to the maxim of antiquity, that the throne is a glorious sepulchre. Theodora maxims thrones glorious A human encounter with holiness is devastating. It refuses to allow us to be impressed with the things of the world we’ve been chasing. It refuses to allow us to remain comfortable in our sin. It refuses to allow us to remain on the throne of our lives. And it leads us to a relationship with the only One who can perfectly love us, who can forgive all our sins, and who can make us into His likeness. Our encounter with His holiness is our devastation. And our devastation is our salvation. Todd Agnew thrones encounters forgiving Modern science kills God and takes his place on the vacant throne. Science is the sole legitimate arbiter of all relavent truth. Vaclav Havel thrones sole modern I brought you the truth about our city and the reason we are in it. If you aren't thanking me for it, you should at least do something about it instead of sitting here on this mess you made, pretending it's a throne! Veronica Roth thrones sitting cities The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. Wallace Stevens thrones kings morning Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne. Walter Savage Landor thrones power missing When George VI - displaying a flair for timing that was utterly absent in his lifetime - upped and died, the way was clear for her to inhabit her logical position as the eminence cerise, the bolster behind the throne. Will Self thrones behinds The Muse is mute when public men William Butler Yeats thrones politics men It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne. William M. Evarts thrones together men Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny. It hath been Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne And fall of many kings. William Shakespeare thrones kings fall If it's your wish, I will follow you everywhere even if your throne crumbles, and your shiny crown turns to rust. Even if the bodies pile up endlessly, above the bottomless pile of corpses. Beside you as you lie softly down I will be until I hear the word "Check mate!"- Sebastian Yana Toboso thrones wish lying No matter how high or great the throne, What sits on it is the same as your own. Yip Harburg thrones matter The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water. William Shakespeare barges thrones water «1234567891011