Gods have done a lot in the past, will do a lot in the future, but are always strangely absent from the present

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Topics: God Quotes

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.

A day may sink or save a realm.

A day may sink or save a realm.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind, for those that were here we see...

Ring out the grief that saps the mind, for those that were here we see...

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes...

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes...

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

O earth, what changes hast thou seen!

Love is the only gold.

Love is the only gold.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

It is not because God is irrational that we cannot comprehend him; it is because...

All experience is an arch where through gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for...

All experience is an arch where through gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for...

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does...

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does...

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven...

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven...

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Nature, red in tooth and claw.

Authority forgets a dying king.

Authority forgets a dying king.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

It is out of your imagination that the seeds of your success are sown.

It is out of your imagination that the seeds of your success are sown.

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to...

Men are passionate, men are weak, men are stupid, men are pitiful; to bring to...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...