Edwin Arnold Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

18 Famous Quotes by Edwin Arnold
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“Who doth right deeds Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.”
Deeds Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. VI, l. 78)
“He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends: Faithful friends! It lies I know Pale and white and cold as snow; And ye say, "Abdallah's dead!" Weeping at the feet and head. I can see your falling tears, I can hear your sighs and prayers; Yet I smile and whisper this: I am not the thing you kiss. Cease your tears and let it lie; It was mine--it is not I.”
Death Quotes
Source: He Who Died at Azan
“What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well.”
Goodness Quotes
Source: The Light of Asia (bk. VI, l. 273)
“Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul, Each choosing each through all the weary hours, And meeting strangely at one sudden goal, Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers, Into one beautiful and perfect whole; And life's long night is ended, and the way Lies open onward to eternal day.”
Love Quotes
Source: Somewhere There Waiteth
“Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each, Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all Where pity is, for pity makes the world Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.”
Life Quotes
Source: Light of Asia
“We are the voices of the wandering wind, Which moan for rest and rest can never find; Lo! as the wind is so is mortal life, A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife.”
Life Quotes
Source: Light of Asia
“The royal kingcup bold Dares not don his coat of gold.”
Buttercups Quotes
Source: Almond Blossoms
“Making all future fruits of all the pasts.”
Future Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. V, l. 432)
“That what will come, and must come, shall come well.”
Future Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. V, l. 432)
“Like a plank of driftwood Tossed on the watery main, Another plank encountered, Meets, touches, parts again; So tossed, and drifting ever, On life's unresting sea, Men meet, and greet, and sever, Parting eternally.”
Meeting Quotes
Source: Book of Good Counsel
“Yet who shall shut out Fate?”
Fate Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. III, l. 336)
“That rich celestial music thrilled the air From hosts on hosts shining ones, who thronged Eastward and westward, making bright the night.”
Music Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. IV, l. 418)
“The foolish ofttimes teach the wise: I strain too much this string of life, belike, Meaning to make such music as shall save. Mine eyes are dim now that they see the truth, My strength is waned now that my need is most; Would that I had such help as man must have, For I shall die, whose life was all men's hope.”
Help Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. VI, l. 109)
“Pity and need Make all flesh kin. There in no caste in blood.”
Sympathy Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. VI, l. 73)
“Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light.”
Violets Quotes
Source: Almond Blossoms
“A little rain will fill The lily's cup which hardly moists the field.”
Rain Quotes
Source: The Light of Asia (bk. VI, l. 215)
“The Dewdrop slips into the shining sea!”
Dew Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. VIII, last line)
“The sunbeams dropped Their gold, and, passing in porch and niche, Softened to shadows, silvery, pale, and dim, As if the very Day paused and grew Eve.”
Twilight Quotes
Source: Light of Asia (bk. II, l. 466)