Anton Chekhov, 1897: 

All night I could not sleep because of moonlight on my bed. I kept on hearing a voice calling: Out of Nowhere, Nothing answered "yes." Tsu Yeh

If I speak in the tongues of men and of Angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1

Round us, too, shall Angels shine, such as ministered to thee. George Hunt Smytten

In Scripture the visitation of an Angel is always alarming, it has to begin by saying, "Fear not." The Victorian Angel looks as if it were going to say, "There, there." C.S. Lewis

In the country...there is not a farm that does not leave its doors unlocked day and night during the season of Christmas....By day the kitchen was full of hungry people...and by night the Angels went up and down the stairs...I heard them. Not their footsteps, for those were too light, but their feathers brushing the paneling. Elizabeth Goudge

But see the virgin blest, Hath laid her babe to rest. And all about the courtly stable, Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable. John Milton

Angels have come to bring with them, In thought and deed and, also, hymn, The message of God and His Wisdom great, His love, His wants for all our fate. They bring on high their protection strong; To guide us all when things go wrong; To teach us patience when none exists; To help us see what blindness missed; To help us hear what deafness hides; To help us feel what touch denies; To give us peace when fighting's round; To fill us with love when hates abound; To encourage the feeling of a want to give; A feeling with which we all should live. So in this season's darkest night Within our souls doth shine a light, To warm us with forgiveness and sharing And with compassion and, also, caring. All these are sent from heaven divine; For the angels have brought them, 'tis God's Design.

Do you know what Hope is ? It's magic and it's free It's not in a prescription It's not in an IV. It punctuates our laughter, It sparkles in our tears, It simmers under sorrows, And dissipates our fears. Do you know what Hope is? It's reaching past today, It's dreaming of tomorrow, It's trying a new way. It's pushing past Impossible It's pounding on the door, It's questioning the Answers, It's always seeking more. It's rumors of a break it's whispers of a cure, A roller coaster ride Of remedies, unsure. Do you know what Hope is ? It's candy for the soul, It's perfume for the spirit, To share it, makes you Whole

"Love is where angels dance, hate is where angels aren't."

Sweet souls around us watch us still, Press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, With gentle helpings guide. Harriet Beecher Stowe

There have been angels in my life, while they haven't arrived with a blast of trumpets or a rustle of wings, I've known them just the same. They performed their acts in human guise, sometimes borrowing the faces of family and friends, sometimes posing as well-meaning strangers. You have known them, too, when . just the right word was needed, when a tiny act of kindness made a great difference...or perhaps you heard a voice whispering in the night of sorrow, the words not quite clear but the meaning unmistakable, "There is hope...There is .. hope"

Once in a saintly passion I cried with desperate grief, "O Lord, my heart is black with guile, of sinners I am chief." Then stooped my guardian Angel And whispered from behind, "Vanity, my little man, You're nothing of the kind." James Thomson

All voices of all things inanimate join with the song of Angels And the song of blessed spirits, chiming with Their Hallelujahs. Christina Georgina Rosettit

Angels and archangels May have gathered there, Chubim and seraphim Thronged the air; But His mother only, In her miaden bliss, Worshipped the beloved With a kiss. Christina Georgina Rossetti

Whenever we have to speak with someone who is rather closed to our argument and with whom therefore the conversation needs to be very persuasive, we go to our guardian angel. Pope Pius XI

This is the right way of approaching or being indicated into the mysteries of love, to begin with examples of beauty in this world, and using them as steps to ascend continually with that absolute beauty as one's aim, from one instance of physical beauty to two and from two to all, then from physical beauty to moral beauty, and from moral beauty to the beauty of knowledge, until from knowledge of various kinds one arrives at the supreme knowledge whose sole object is that absolute beauty, and knows at last what absolute beauty is. Plato 

Every time you hear a bell ring, it means that some angel's just got his wings. Henry Travers to Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life

Did you know that there are Angels, that fight for us each day. They bravely go to battle, to keep us from harms way. They wear their armor proudly, and shout their battle cries. To find and stop all evil, on earth and in the skies. They watch our every movement, from somewhere up above. And when we are in danger, they shield us with their love. So if your sad or lonely, just bow your head and pray. They will wrap their wings around you, and drive your fears away.

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

"The world that was meets the world yet to be, in the single beat of an angel wing. A whisper of memories, understood at last, the beat of a wing sweeps present and past." M. Peterson

Hush my dear, lie still and slumber. Holy Angels guard they bed, Heavenly blessings without number gently falling on they head. Isaac Watts

Keep on loving each other as brothers, do not forget to entertain strangers, for by doing some people have entertained Angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:1

Who does the best his circumstances allows, does well, acts nobly: Angels could do no more. Edward Young

While mortal sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love. Phillips Brooks

For the time was now, and in his eyes she felt the fire that brought men to war and women to tears... she put a pin on his lapel, an Angel to keep him safe.... when the war was over she would be waiting, having faith and trust that he would be guarded by 1000 Angels... all on her side.

Angels want us to be aware of ourselves, not preoccupied with ourselves, and lead us back to our centers.

Angels see the smallest and simplest of things as a reason to celebrate, and do so by radiating their joy.

The river of life flows with Angels upstream. Blending bliss and sadness with the knowledge that you'll meet happiness around the bend.

Oh, speak again, bright angel, for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wond'ring eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air. William Shakespeare

To the world you may be one small person, but to one small person you can be the world.

He keeps sending me Angels from up on high. He keeps sending me Angels to teach me to fly. He keeps sending me Angels sweet and true. He keeps sending me Angels just like you Delbert McClinton

"It is very important to pray for others, because when you pray for someone, an angel goes and sits on the shoulder of that person." ~~The Virgin Mary to the children at Medjugorje

Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth, Ye who sand creations story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth; Come and worship, Come and worship, Worship Christ, the newnborn King. James Montgomery

Blessed Assurance...Perfect submission , perfect delight, Visions of rapture now burst on my sight: Angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. Fanny Crosby

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is Angelic. Alphonse De Lamartine

May all be good May all be well And in your life May angels dwell

Their faces were living flame. Their wings were gold. And for the rest, their white was so intense. No snow can match the white they showed. From rank to rank. They shared that peace. An ardor which they gained with wings that fanned their sides. Dante Alighieri

An Angel is a pure mirror, most clear, receiving, if it is permissabale to say so, the whole beauty of God. Dionysius

We are never so lost our angels cannot find us. Stefanie Powers

                       What is found in this life
                       That makes us what we are?
                       What is there that takes us
                      Through happiness and strife?

                       It is to learn we travel here
                         It is to grow and find
                      All the things that bring us
                     To a different kind of sphere.

                  We spend our time in many things.
                        We fight, we love, we cry.
                 And as we search this complex world
                      Our lives are held by strings.

                   So reach out toward tomorrow;
                     Get a move on lonely one.
                    Aspire to love with open arms
                    Someone who could be sorrow.

                 Move on toward the glowing moon.
                       Or east toward the dawn.
                     Risk is part of learning life
                         Until that life is done.