Mankind. . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to call her by. It was she who gave to man his nourishment of grain. But after her there came the son of Semele, who matched her present by inventing liquid wine as his gift to man. For filled with that good gift, suffering mankind forgets its grief; from it comes sleep; with it oblivion of the troubles of the day. There is no other medicine for misery.
Covetousness bursts the sack and spills the grain.
Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, But good men starve for want of impudence.
A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.
O, beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain.
A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness.
Faith as tiny as a grain of sand allows us to move mountains.
The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society.
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.
To get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy.
There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it permits and encourages self-knowledge in a way that is less indirect than fiction, more open and speculative.
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower.
Care more for a grain of faith than a ton of excitement.
We never know the timber of a man's soul until something cuts into him deeply and brings the grain out strong. You've the making of a mighty fine piece of furniture.
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
I gravitate towards anything that has a grain of comedy to it.
Can we find "The Universe in a grain of sand"? Well perhaps, but a stone seems easier to visualize.
God is the embodiment of compassion. He watches for a grain of goodness or humility so that He can reward it with tons of grace.
Am I too fast, too facile? I do not know. I do not know myself sometimes, or how to measure and name and count out the grains that make me what I am.