Angels

To love for the sake of being loved is human, But to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
- Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine, 1790 - 1869

It was when Lucifer first congratulated himself upon his angelic behavior that he became the tool of evil.
- Dag Hammarskjöld, 1905 - 1961

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 Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), 1819 - 1880

Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
- Francis de Sales, 1567 - 1622

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
- George MacDonald, 1824 - 1905

Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.
- Alan Valentine

The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.
- G.K. Chesterton

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

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

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