Kingdom

Famous quotes containing the word kingdom:

    “How we dwelt in two worlds
    the daughters and the mothers
    in the kingdom of the sons.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    “He is a strong man who can hold down his opinion. A man cannot utter two or three sentences, without disclosing to intelligent ears precisely where he stands in life and thought, namely, whether in the kingdom of the senses and the understanding, or, in that of ideas and imagination, in the realm of intuitions and duty.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “...I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by bribery. They will not need persuasion or bribery, if their hearts are with us; if they are not, we are better without them. It is idle to suppose that the kingdom of heaven cannot come on earth, without their cooperation.”
    —Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)