Sabbath Quotes
Sabbath is not simply the pause that refreshes. It is the pause that transforms.
Walter Brueggemann (2014). “Sabbath as Resistance”, p.45, Westminster John Knox Press
Sabbath is the celebration of life beyond and outside productivity.
Walter Brueggemann (2011). “Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries: Deuteronomy”, p.69, Abingdon Press
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1260, Jazzybee Verlag
Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.34, Macmillan
Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2734, Delphi Classics
Abraham Joshua Heschel (2005). “The Sabbath”, p.26, Macmillan
Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven.
Robert Browning (1994). “The Works of Robert Browning”, p.166, Wordsworth Editions
In observing the Sabbath, one is both giving a gift to God and imitating Him.
Lauren F. Winner (2007). “Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline”, p.11, Paraclete Press
Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1853). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope”, p.2
William Lloyd Garrison (1852). “Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an Appendix ...”, p.100
William Cullen Bryant, “A Summer Ramble”