Quotes about Dull

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

But their minds were made dull . . . a veil covers their hearts" (2 Cor. 3:14—15). Notice this: a veil that first covers the face eventually covers the heart. It begins as just a superficial covering, a temporary attempt to cover up a problem rather than addressing it head-on. But left unchecked, the hidden problem will become a serious spiritual condition.

Yes, a man is a dangerous thing. So is a scalpel. It can wound or it can save your life. You don't make it safe by making it dull; you put it in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing.

"We called him Tortoise because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily. "Really you are very dull!"

instead of becoming a strong and ardent and generous Catholic, I simply slipped into the ranks of the millions of tepid and dull and sluggish and indifferent Christians who live a life that is still half animal, and who barely put up a struggle to keep the breath of grace alive in their souls.

Soothing words can become just another drug we swallow to dull our pain.

The Gospel should never be dull, for it is the most exciting and relevant news we could ever receive. When we find it dull, it is a warning sign that something is going on inside us and we need to take action to correct it.

Not all books are as dull as their readers.

Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.

Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside.

Heaven is the most angelically dull place in all creation

It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.