ANGEL QUOTES II

quotations about angels

Angel quote

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


For when God said, "Let there be light, and there was light," if we are justified in understanding in this light the creation of the angels, then certainly they were created partakers of the eternal light which is the unchangeable Wisdom of God, by which all things were made, and whom we call the only-begotten Son of God.

ST. AUGUSTINE

City of God

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All this bit about angels and all the different religions, it's based on something. I think anything's possible. I believe in everything until it's disproved.

JOHN LENNON

attributed, The Revolutionary Artist: John Lennon's Radical Years

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I ... believe that angels, or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings.

JOHN PERRY BARLOW

The Death of Cynthia Horner

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

EMANUEL SWEDENBORG

Arcana Coelestia

Tags: Emanuel Swedenborg


Hey if God will send his angels / And if God will send a sign / And if God will send his angels / Would everything be alright?

BONO

"If God Will Send His Angels", Pop

Tags: Bono, God


Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee.

NATHANIEL COTTON

To-morrow


All the difference between men and angels is, men are passing through the day of trial that angels have already passed through.

BRIGHAM YOUNG

Journal of Discourses

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If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

Conversations with Tennessee Williams


Be content not with your lot in life but with being here in the flow of life. The glories of creation are in your very cells; you are made of the same mindstuff as the angels, the stars, and god himself.

DEEPAK CHOPRA

The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life

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We all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Henry VIII

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Even among the angels, there is the sadness of division.

NICOLE KRAUSS

The History of Love


[Angels] aid us in our personal mission. We have to learn to listen, for if we block the angels out, they become only the fairy beings of dreams and pleasant stories.

SILVER RAVENWOLF

Angels

Tags: Silver Ravenwolf, fairies


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

THOMAS DEKKER

The Honest Whore

Tags: Thomas Dekker, passion


One glimpse of full reality would sweep us away, and angels are ambassadors of full reality.

PTOLEMY TOMPKINS & TYLER BEDDOES

Proof of Angels: The Definitive Book on the Reality of Angels and the Surprising Role They Play in Each of Our Lives


The angels must often be astonished at us and think we are the strangest creatures that well can be, yet they love us, and therefore they take a great interest in that Gospel that promotes our highest good.

CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON

Spurgeon's Sermons on Angels

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The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"Intellect", Essays

Tags: Ralph Waldo Emerson, language


Lord, give Thine angels every day / Command to guard us on our way / And bid them every evening keep / Their watch around us while we sleep / So shall no wicked thing draw near / To do us harm or cause us fear / And we shall dwell, when life is past / With angels round Thy throne at last.

JOHN M. NEALE

Hymns for Children

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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


Angels, living light most glorious! Beneath the Godhead in burning desire in the darkness and mystery of creation you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: What glorious pleasures take shape within you!

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN

"O gloriosissimi"

Tags: God