Weapon Called Holy

Famous quotes containing the words weapon, called and/or holy:

    “It is my duty to prevent, through the independence of Cuba, the U.S.A. from spreading over the West Indies and falling with added weight upon other lands of Our America. All I have done up to now and shall do hereafter is to that end.... I know the Monster, because I have lived in its lair—and my weapon is only the slingshot of David.”
    —José Martí (1853–1895)

    “Who called love conquering,
    When its sweet flower
    So easily dries among the sour
    Lanes of the living?”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “When holy and devout religious men
    Are at their beads, ‘tis much to draw them thence,
    So sweet is zealous contemplation.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)