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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. ~George Elliot



The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly. ~G.K. Chesterton, "Orthodoxy"



The Angels were all singing out of tune,And hoarse with having little else to do,Excepting to wind up the sun and moonOr curb a runaway young star or two.~Lord Byron



I wear a coat of angels' breath and warm myself with His love. ~Terri Guillemets



Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God alone. ~William Blake



Angels have no philosophy but love. ~Terri Guillemets



It is not known precisely where angels dwell - whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. ~Voltaire



Pay attention to your dreams - God's angels often speak directly to our hearts when we are asleep. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



The soul at its highest is found like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. That is all an angel is: an idea of God. ~Meister Eckhart



Angels descending, bring from above,Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.~Fanny J. Crosby



We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ~Luciano de Crescenzo



Life is a tapestry: We are the warp; angels, the weft; God, the weaver. Only the Weaver sees the whole design. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



We trust in plumed processionFor such the angels go -Rank after Rank, with even feet -And uniforms of Snow.~Emily Dickinson



Philosophy will clip an angel's wings. ~John Keats



All God's angels come to us disguised. ~James Russell Lowell



God not only sends special angels into our lives, but sometimes He even sends them back again if we forget to take notes the first time! ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.~John Milton, Paradise Lost



Insight is better than eyesight when it comes to seeing an angel. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



The guardian angels of life fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us. ~Jean Paul Richter



Thorns and stingsAnd those such thingsJust make strongerOur angel wings.~Terri Guillemets



Angels fly at light speed, because they are servants of the Light. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



I feel that there is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking. ~Jean Cocteau



Sometimes even the flight of an angel hits turbulence. ~Astrid Alauda



We're all kissed by angels but some of us never think to pucker. ~Terri Guillemets



Man was created a little lower than the angels, and has been getting lower ever since. ~Josh Billings



Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



A pillow for thee will I bring,Stuffed with down of angel's wing.~Richard Crashaw



In Heaven an angel is nobody in particular. ~George Bernard Shaw



An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision. ~St Thomas Aquinas



When babies look beyond you and giggle, maybe they're seeing angels. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



If we were all like angels, the world would be a heavenly place. ~Author Unknown



The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether their be any who understand it or not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



If trouble hearing Angels song with thine ears, try listening with thy heart. ~Terri Guillemets



Angels shine from without because their spirits are lit from within by the light of God. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Evangeline"



If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Music is well said to be the speech of angels. ~Thomas Carlyle



An angel lost his wing,Crooked he did fly.~Terri Guillemets



Angels can fly because they carry no burdens. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit. ~Mae West



Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning. ~Lydia M. Child



Angels are direct creations of God, each one a unique Master's piece. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Angels deliver Fate to our doorstep - and anywhere else it is needed. ~Jessi Lane Adams



If one looks closely enough, one can see angels in every piece of art. ~Terri Guillemets



Angels are quite ample cause to cry... ~Nicholas Gordon, poemsforfree.com



If I have freedom in my love,And in my soul am free,Angels alone that soar above,Enjoy such liberty.~Richard Lovelace



You'll meet more angels on a winding path than on a straight one. ~Terri Guillemets




Children often have imaginary playmates. I suspect that half of them are really their guardian angels. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Outside the open windowThe morning air is all awash with angels.~Richard Purdy Wilbur



I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. ~Michelangelo



Angels are messengers, but sometimes we misunderstand their language. ~Linda Solegato



Whether we are filled with joy or grief, our angels are close to us, speaking to our hearts of God's love. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Angels can fly directly into the heart of the matter. ~Author Unknown



O welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope,Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings!~John Milton, Comus



If angels rarely appear, it's because we all too often mistake the medium for the Message. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Sometimes what we believe as coincidence is really just getting ourselves caught in an angel booby trap. ~Grey Livingston



Ever felt an angel's breath in the gentle breeze? A teardrop in the falling rain? Hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves? Or been kissed by a lone snowflake? Nature is an angel's favorite hiding place. ~Carrie Latet
Angels are never too distant to hear you. ~Author Unknown



Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace. ~Saint Theresa of Lisieux



When our mortal eyes close on this world for the last time, our angels open our spiritual eyes and escort us personally before the face of God. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Angels sail back to God on the sea of joy. ~Terri Guillemets



Have you ever seen a flower downSometimes angels skip aroundAnd in their blissful state of gleeBump into a daisy or sweet pea.~Jessi Lane Adams



If you can't hear the angels, try quieting the static of worry. ~Terri Guillemets



A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. ~Author Unknown



The magnitude of life is overwhelming. Angels are here to help us take it peace by peace. ~Levende Waters



While we are sleeping, angels have conversations with our souls. ~Author Unknown



How wonderful it must be to speak the language of the angels, with no words for hate and a million words for love! ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Angels, pixies, faerie dustTreading love and living lust.~Jaesse Tyler



Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~Author Unknown



When we worship God, our angels add their prayers and turn our single voices into hundred-part harmony. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



Anyone can be an angel. ~Author Unknown



The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994



How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porch light on? ~Tom Waits, "Mr Siegal," Heartattack and Vine (Thanks, Paula)