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The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision ends.
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More Securely Quotes
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.
— Richard Cecil, p. 197. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
The ego must be able to listen attentively and to give itself, without any further design or purpose, to that inner urge toward growth. ... People living in cultures more securely rooted than our own have less trouble in understanding that it is necessary to give up the utilitarian attitude of conscious planning in order to make way for the inner growth of the personality.
marie-louise von franz— "The Process of Individuation" - Part 3 in Man and His Symbols (1961) edited by C. G. Jung, p. 163 ISBN 0-385-05221-9
Long time he lay upon the sunny hill,To his father's house below securely bound.
Edwin Muir— Childhood (1983)
Shakespeare is a good raft whereon to float securely down the stream of time; fasten yourself to that and your immortality is safe.
george henry lewes— On Actors and the Art of Acting (Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1875) p. 60
Four things a man must learn to doIf he would make his record true:To think without confusion clearly;To love his fellow-men sincerely;To act from honest motives purely;To trust in God and Heaven securely.
henry van dyke— "Four Things," Poems, vol. 1 (vol. 9 of The Works of Henry Van Dyke) (1920).
Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.
richard cecil— p. 197. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
