Famous quotes containing the words open and/or burning:
“Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of the prophets. He saw with an open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it, and had his being there. Alone in all history he estimated the greatness of man.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but he had fled.”
—Felicia Hemans (1793–1835)