Terror
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
Author: J. C. RyleTopics: Famous, God, Heaven, Hell, Joy, Lord, Mercies, Preaching, Terror
Beauty is only the start of bearable terror.
Author: Rainer Maria RilkeTopics: Beauty, Start, Terror
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us. Every angel is terrible.
Author: Rainer Maria RilkeTopics: Beauty, Beginning, Destroy, Serenely, Terrible, Terror
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.
Author: Gail CollinsTopics: Constant, Famous, Faults, Public, Rejection, Terror
He lived in terror of, well, becoming ordinary.
Author: H. W. BrandsTopics: Becoming, Distinction, Excellence, Famous, Ordinary, Terror
The moon is dark, and the gods dance in the night; there is terror in the sky, for upon the moon hath sunk an eclipse foretold in no books of men or of earth’s gods.
Author: H. P. LovecraftTopics: Books, Dance, Dark night, Darkness, Eclipse, Famous, Gods, Moon, Sky, Terror
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
Author: Rudyard KiplingTopics: Fire, Return, Terror, Water
The problem in public life is learning to overcome terror; the problem in married life is learning to overcome boredom.
Author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezTopics: Boredom, Famous, Inspirational, Learning, Married life, Overcome, Problem, Public life, Terror
Despots govern by terror. They know that he who fears God fears nothing else; and therefore they eradicate from the mind, through their Voltaire, their Helvetius, and the rest of that infamous gang, that only sort of fear which generates true courage.
Author: Edmund BurkeTopics: Courage, despots, eradicate, Famous, Fears, Gang, Generates, God, Govern, Helvetius, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Mind, Nothing, Terror, voltaire
Sadly we in Britain have been all too familiar with acts of terror and members of my generation… know that we have been here before. But those who perpetrate these brutal acts against innocent people should know that they will not change our way of life. Atrocities such as these simply reinforce our sense of community, our humanity, and our trust in the rule of law. That is the clear message from us all.
Author: Queen Elizabeth IITopics: Britain, Familiar, Famous, Inspirational, Meaningful, Terror
There’s a terror in knowing what the world is about.
Author: David BowieTopics: Famous, Meaningful, Terror, World