Beware of those who
Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence. Ezra Taft Benson
Pits
Pride is essentially competitive
Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God’s. Ezra Taft Benson
‘Tis not need we
‘Tis not need we know our every thought Or see the work shop where each mask is wrought Wherefrom we view the world of box and pit, Careless of wear, just so the mask shall fit And serve our jape’s turn for a night or two. Ezra Pound
Don’t be polite. Bite in. Pick
Don’t be polite. Bite in. Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin. It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are. You do not need a knife or fork or spoon. For there is no core or stem or rind or pit or seed or skin … Read more
We’re like America’s little
We’re like America’s little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody. Evan Wright
He who thinks he
He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in Reality be digging a pit. Ernest Bramah
If Life is a
If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? Erma Bombeck
Our instructors do not
Our instructors do not understand how it is. To be bound to someone in such a way. They are too old, too out of touch with their emotions. They no longer remember what it is to live and breathe within the world. They think it simple to pit any two people against each other. It … Read more
I had the feeling
I had the feeling of slipping down a smooth bottomless pit. It had nothing to do with Breuer and the people. It had nothing to do with Pat even. It was the melancholy secret that reality can arouse desires but never satisfy them; that love begins with a human being but does not end in … Read more
They went down to
They went down to Egypt and provided food when famine reigned; they came to the obstinate sea, and taught it wisdom with a rod; they went out into the hostile desert and adorned it with a pillar; they entered the furnace, fiercely heated, and sprinkled it with their dew; into the pit where they had … Read more