Easter Quotes
The sources for this page are the faith, hope and spirituality pages, not a collection of Easter writing. A few entries do mention the day: Longfellow’s The Spanish Student (1843) sets a scene on a bright Easter Sunday with blossoming trees, and W. H. Auden, in A Certain World (1970), says Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry but Good Friday cannot, any more than Auschwitz.
Most of what else you find here is general. Expect devotional writers and poets, with sources and dates on every quote page. Anything flagged as disputed or misattributed carries a note that says what the editors turned up.
For of the soule the bodie forme doth take;
For the soule is forme, and doth the bodie make.
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
The world grows more enlightened. Knowledge is more equally diffused.
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.
Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
A miracle worker is an artist of the soul. There’s no higher art than living a good life.
“As time progresses,” Lump stated, “people learn. That’s the only hope.”
Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.