Quotes about Journey

the man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain (i.e. even while living) in the congregation of the dead.

The world's a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.

Were this world an endless plain, and by sailing eastward we could for ever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage. But in pursuit of those far mysteries we dream of, or in tormented chase of that demon phantom that, some time or other, swims before all human hearts; while chasing such over this round globe, they either lead us on in barren mazes or midway leave us whelmed.

for the pulpit is ever this earth's foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence it is the storm of God's quick wrath is first descried, and the bow must bear the earliest brunt. From thence it is the God of breezes fair or foul is first invoked for favorable winds. Yes, the world's a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.

Deep into distant woodlands winds a mazy way, reaching to overlapping spurs of mountains bathed in their hill-side blue.

For to go as a passenger you must needs have a purse, and a purse is a rag unless you have something in it.

By heaven, man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and Fate is the handspike.

Life's a journey that is homeward bound.

It is the harpooneer that makes the voyage, and if you take the breath out of his body how can you expect to find it there when most wanted!

The Middle East has been a part of my life since I was a young man, when I went to teach in Cairo.

Miracles are supposed to point us to Him, but we can get to God without miracles. It is God himself we should long for rather than for the miracles that point to him. To get caught up in wanting miracles is a bit like thinking the destination of a road trip is the highway you're supposed to take.

True friends challenge us and help us to be faithful on our journey.