It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe.
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It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe.
Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.
If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon; of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars; actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.
The clouds, - the only birds that never sleep.
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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