ANGEL QUOTES IV

quotations about angels

Angel quote

Ye holy angels bright, who stand before God's throne and dwell in glorious light, praise ye the Lord each one. Assist our song, or else the theme too high doth seem for mortal tongue.

RICHARD BAXTER

Poetical Fragments

Tags: Richard Baxter, God


Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.

JAMES MONTGOMERY

"Songs of Praise the Angels Sang"

Tags: praise, God


Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.

EMANUEL SWEDENBORG

Arcana Coelestia

Tags: Emanuel Swedenborg


Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure and are awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Each single angel is terrifying.

RAINER MARIA RILKE

Duino Elegies

Tags: Rainer Maria Rilke, beauty


When I was a child and heard about angels, I was both frightened and fascinated by the thought of these enormous, invisible presences in our midst. I conceived of them not as white-robed androgynes with yellow locks and thick gold wings, which was how my friend Matty Wilson had described them to me--Matty was the predecessor of all sorts of arcane knowledge--but as big, dark, blundering men, massive in their weightlessness, given to pranks and ponderous play, who might knock you over, or break you in half, without meaning to. When a child from Miss Molyneaux's infant school in Carrickdrum fell under the hoofs of a dray-horse one day and was trampled to death, I, a watchful six year old, knew who was to blame; I pictured his guardian angel standing over the child's crushed form with his big hands helplessly extended, not sure whether to be contrite or to laugh.

JOHN BANVILLE

The Untouchable

Tags: John Banville


In Heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Man and Superman

Tags: George Bernard Shaw, Heaven


Around our pillows golden ladders rise, and up and down the skies, with winged sandals shod, the angels come, and go, the Messengers of God!

R. H. STODDARD

Hymn to the Beautiful

Tags: sleep, God


How great an evil, then, is pride! It overcast, in a moment, all the beautiful and eternal prospects, it eclipsed, in a moment, all the splendour, virtue, and dignity of Angels.

TIMOTHY DWIGHT

Theology Explained and Defended

Tags: pride, evil


Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

G. K. CHESTERTON

"The Eternal Revolution", Orthodoxy

Tags: G. K. Chesterton


Angels are winged with God's power.

SOLON

attributed, Day's Collacon

Tags: God, power


An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision, and by bringing within his reach some truth which the angel himself contemplates.

THOMAS AQUINAS

attributed, Angels: A Joyous Celebration

Tags: Thomas Aquinas, truth


When angels visit earth, the messengers
Of God's decree, they come as lightning, wind:
Before the throne, they all are living fire.

EMMA LAZARUS

"The Birth of Man: A Legend of the Talmud"

Tags: Emma Lazarus


Some reputable scientists deny and others assert that UFOs do appear to people from time to time. Some scientists have reached the place where they think they can prove that these are possibly visitors from outer space. Some Christian writers have speculated that UFOs could very well be apart of God's angelic host who preside over the physical affairs of universal creation. While we cannot assert such a view with certainty, many people are now seeking some type of supernatural explanation for these phenomena. Nothing can hide the face, however, that these unexplained events are occurring with greater frequency around the entire world and in unexpected places.

BILLY GRAHAM

Angels: Ringing Assurance that We Are Not Alone

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When people think of angels, they think flowing robes and halos. But in the Bible, they also look like ordinary people. Why not today?

JOAN WESTER ANDERSON

In the Arms of Angels

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Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Macbeth

Tags: William Shakespeare, devil


If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

JAMES MADISON

The Federalist, Feb. 6, 1788

Tags: James Madison, government


We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.

THOMAS DEKKER

The Honest Whore

Tags: Thomas Dekker, passion


In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their spere, and rush into the skies! Pride still is aiming at the blessed abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods.

ALEXANDER POPE

An Essay on Man

Tags: Alexander Pope, pride


Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!

WILLIAM BLAKE

King Edward the Third

Tags: William Blake, death


This is the state of all creatures, whether men or angels; as they make not themselves, so they enjoy nothing from themselves; if they are great, it must be only as great receivers of the gifts of God; their power can only be so much of the divine power acting in them; their wisdom can be only so much of the divine wisdom shining within them; and their light and glory, only so much of the light and glory of God shining upon them.

WILLIAM LAW

A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life

Tags: God