Holy Isle

Famous quotes containing the words holy and/or isle:

    In sober mornings do not thou rehearse
    The holy incantation of a verse;
    Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

    It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands. Behind every man’s busy-ness there should be a level of undisturbed serenity and industry, as within the reef encircling a coral isle there is always an expanse of still water, where the depositions are going on which will finally raise it above the surface.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)