A Commonplace Book

Category: storms...

  • On any one day, there may be 44,000 storms over the Earth.
  • driving through a desert dust storm, or experiencing a snow storm in the Grand Canyon, or spending a stormy night in a lighthouse
  • when a storm surrounds you, stay calm
  • The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. (V. van Gogh)
  • The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear. (R.W. Emerson)
  • serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm
  • The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven. (Martin Luther)

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