Bossoni Brescia Quotes

When he was left alone, when he had pulled out one stop after another (for the work required it), Stanley straightened himself on the seat, tightened the knot of the red necktie, and struck. The music soared around him, from the corner of his eye he caught the glitter of his wrist watch, and even as he read the music before him, and saw his thumb and last finger come down time after time with three black keys between them, wringing out fourths, the work he had copied coming over on the Conte di Brescia, wringing that chord of the devil's interval from the full length of the thirty-foot bass pipes, he did not stop. The walls quivered, still he did not hesitate. Everything moved, and even falling, soared in atonement.
He was the only person caught in the collapse, and afterward, most of his work was recovered too, and it is still spoken of, when it is noted, with high regard, though seldom played. ~ William Gaddis

If things are difficult, remember that it won't always be like this. ~ Jane Riddell

Rediscover the real meaning of the Great Commission. Beginning in our own prayer and devotional lives, we must begin to feel the compassion of the Lord for a lost and dying world. As we have already seen, the Great Commission is not something that was given to a tiny group of specially trained and educated envoys. It was given to all Christians - to the whole Church. It is something that we are all to be engaged in naturally every day. ~ K.P. Yohannan

The development of the national spirit in its present form leads into blind alleys. Some condition must be found which preserves the life of the nation, but rules out the fatal rivalry among nations. ~ Kathe Kollwitz

It is beautiful because it could have been. It should have been. ~ Brandon Sanderson

The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His Heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity. ~ Therese De Lisieux

My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones. ~ Duncan Keith

Morocco has a lot to do in terms of democracy. The daily practice of democracy evolves in time. Trying to apply a Western democratic system to a country of the Maghreb, the Middle East, or the Gulf would be a mistake. We are not Germany, Sweden or Spain. ~ Mohammed VI Of Morocco

The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment, where this moment is enough. ~ Ram Dass

It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed this Union."
- Susan B. Anthony ~ Charlotte Guillain

A false ring of the night bell, once answered - it can never be made right. ~ Franz Kafka

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

So dear a life your arms enfold, Whose crying is a cry for gold. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson