George Oppen Quote

Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

The man who can fully understand the word covenant is a theologian. That is the key of all theology—the covenant of works by which we fell, and the covenant of grace by which we stand, Christ fulfilli...

There's more to a person than flesh. Judge others by the sum of their soul and you'll see that beauty is a force of light that radiates from the inside out.

There's no beauty without difference and diversity. Love unconditionally.

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

The cross has become a symbol in much of the Western world, misused by many rock stars and others who do not comprehend its significance.

His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...

People accuse me of falling in love easily. It just means that I'm able to see the beauty in most of the people who cross paths with me and I appreciate it for what it is and also for what it isn't. L...