Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures whether angels or men is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal immutable and increased wisdom of God.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.
I'm happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was - but it's almost impossible for a playwright in the U.S. to make a living. You can have a play like I did with 'Angels ' and it still generates income for me but it's not enough for me to live on and have health insurance.
What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
If men were angels no government would be necessary.
A friend is always good to have but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.
I just want to say good night sweet prince may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time - the American South in the 1960s and '70s - when the machine hadn't completely taken over life. The natural world was still the world and machines - TV telephone cars - were still more or less ancillary and computers were unheard of in everyday life.