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== Merge the rollbacker group to the patroller group? ==

{{archive top|I filed [[phab:T432557]] per below. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 02:16, 20 July 2026 (UTC)}}
So a random thought just came to my head—should we consider merging the rollbacker user group into the patroller user group? Currently, rollbackers can only revert edits, but they cannot edit or move pages under autopatroller protection. Additionally, there is only one non-admin patroller who is active in patrolling new pages (aside from admins).

What this proposal does is that <code>rollbacker</code> will be discontinued, and users in the <code>patroller</code> group will also receive the <code>rollback</code> user right (all previous rollbackers will be granted patroller rights). This is similar to the English Wikibooks whose reviewers (<code>editor</code>) can rollback edits and review with FlaggedRevs. Thoughts? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 01:38, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

* {{support}} [[User:PieWriter|PieWriter]] ([[User talk:PieWriter|talk]]) 04:35, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} Good idea. --[[User:Saroj|Saroj]] ([[User talk:Saroj|talk]]) 07:04, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} [[User:GrimRob|GrimRob]] ([[User talk:GrimRob|talk]]) 23:26, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} --[[User:Obinna Tony|Obinna Tony]] ([[User talk:Obinna Tony|talk]]) 07:04, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
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== Marathon ==

Dear colleagues, hello! My name is S. Marchenko, I am a user of Wikimedia Foundation Russian language projects and a VRT agent. I actively edit the Russian version of Wikiquote, and recently I had the idea to hold an international marathon to improve and expand Wikiquote articles in different languages. In connection with this, I created a competition page on Meta [[m:Wiki Loves Quotes 2026]], where you can also register your local community. I really hope you find it interesting! Sincerely, [[User:S.Marchenko|S.Marchenko]] ([[User talk:S.Marchenko|talk]]) 18:07, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

:спасибо, товарищ. ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 08:12, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

== Add an edit count requirement for autoconfirmed users? ==

Currently, promotion to become an autoconfirmed user only requires waiting four days, which allows vandalism-only accounts and LTAs to vandalize (such as [[Special:Contributions/Lester Boggs]]) and evade some abuse filters. I am proposing that we include a minimum edit count requirement such as either 5 or 10 edits. Thank you. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 23:13, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

:{{support}} [[User:GrimRob|GrimRob]] ([[User talk:GrimRob|talk]]) 07:18, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
:{{support}} [[User:PieWriter|PieWriter]] ([[User talk:PieWriter|talk]]) 23:28, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
:{{Support}} We should select a number. 5 or 10 seems sufficient. [[User:Anatole-berthe|Anatole-berthe]] ([[User talk:Anatole-berthe|talk]]) 23:04, 18 July 2026 (UTC)
:: CC to @[[User:GrimRob|GrimRob]] and @[[User:PieWriter|PieWriter]] on which number to select (one or the other). [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 00:00, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
:::10 [[User:GrimRob|GrimRob]] ([[User talk:GrimRob|talk]]) 05:05, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
::I prefer 10 [[User:PieWriter|PieWriter]] ([[User talk:PieWriter|talk]]) 00:01, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
:{{support}}, probably 10 edits. ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 08:10, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
:{{support}}, that is currently the way things are on the English Wikipedia, I don't see a reason why Wikiquote should have different requirements because vandalism can always occur. I support the same requirements as the English Wikipedia so 10 edits and four days is sufficient for this discussion. [[User:Qwerty123M|Qwerty123M]] ([[User talk:Qwerty123M|talk]]) 09:08, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

== Should we appoint new functionaries? ==

The last time we've had local checkusers (if at all) was more than 10 years ago (way before my time), and since then, we've relied on the stewards to perform checks. If we were to have local checkusers, I would suggest having three checkusers (all appointed by community consensus, with a minimum of 25 votes), <s>and checks may be requested at the administrators' noticeboard</s>. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 17:20, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

:I think it's a good idea to appoint them at this point. We now have a good number of active contributors, so there's little harm in giving it a try and seeing if the minimum vote requirement can be met. If it isn't met, we can continue relying on the stewards as we have been. If local checkusers are appointed, I think it'd be better to create a separate page for check requests instead of using the administrators' noticeboard, as it would make it easier to keep a clear record and history of requests. [[User:Saroj|Saroj]] ([[User talk:Saroj|talk]]) 07:25, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
:I think it's a generally good idea for mature and vibrant WMF communities to have local CUs and to self-police.
:For what it's worth, I am willing to CU here and am a CU at [[:species:]]. ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 08:10, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
:: I would be willing to do this as well. I have filed few CU requests because of an LTA and a specific spambot. One more admin who has technical knowledge of CU, please. Thanks. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 18:02, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
:::I would be willing to serve as a CheckUser as well, if the community supports me. [[User:Saroj|Saroj]] ([[User talk:Saroj|talk]]) 04:52, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
:::: When can we start? Today? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 13:46, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
:::::Yes, I think we can start now. [[User:Saroj|Saroj]] ([[User talk:Saroj|talk]]) 13:56, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
:::::: @[[User:Koavf|Koavf]], start first. We announce this site-wide and all of these need a minimum of 25 votes. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 14:16, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
:::::::Makes sense to me. I support you editing the site notice and making a thread here with a vote for if we should have CUs and then we can have another vote for individuals willing to stand for it. ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 14:54, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
: If possible, I'd also like to serve as a Checkuser since I'm active for a long time for about two years and has some basic knowledge when working on miraheze. -[[user:Lemonaka|‎'''Lemonaka'''‎]] 02:28, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
: @[[User:Koavf|Koavf]], @[[User:Lemonaka|Lemonaka]] and @[[User:Saroj|Saroj]]; should we start the votes now? This was running for slightly more than two weeks and the votes say there is consensus to elect local CUs. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 00:17, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
::Not sure that I'm following. There are votes below. ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 06:00, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
:: The problem is always not the consensus to elect local CUs or not, instead, is this project hard to find more than 15 valid users to vote in such elections. I've discussed this about 2 years ago in admin mailing list but at that time there isn't enough user to vote. Hopefully this time we will get enough users. -[[user:Lemonaka|‎'''Lemonaka'''‎]] 10:45, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
:I agree that the real challenge isn’t about consensus on electing local CUs, but rather ensuring we have enough active participation to make the process meaningful. The lack of quorum in past attempts shows how difficult it can be to mobilize more than 15 valid voters. That said, the community has grown since your earlier discussion on the admin mailing list, and I share your hope that this time we’ll reach the necessary threshold. If we can encourage broader engagement and remind users of the importance of these elections, we might finally achieve a sustainable model for local CU selection. [[User:Vortexcore123456789|Vortexcore123456789]] ([[User talk:Vortexcore123456789|talk]]) 01:15, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
::Have you edited here before under a different account or without a login? ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 06:12, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
:::sometimes WQ users are obliged to restart Internet connection and use multiple IP addresses due to an automatic filter blocking policy, which is not founded on a real risk for WQ website's integrity. At the second time the user tries to publish his/her article, then the website works well.
:::Often blocked contributions are constructive and do not include spam.
:::The automatic filter does not work well on Wikipedia too. [[Special:Contributions/~2026-45442-42|~2026-45442-42]] ([[User talk:~2026-45442-42|talk]]) 21:42, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

=== Votes ===
* {{support}} as nominator. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 15:11, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} --[[User:Saroj|Saroj]] ([[User talk:Saroj|talk]]) 15:25, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
*{{support}} ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 15:36, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} ~ [[User:UDScott|UDScott]] ([[User talk:UDScott|talk]]) 18:23, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
* {{Support}} [[User:PieWriter|PieWriter]] ([[User talk:PieWriter|talk]]) 00:33, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} -[[user:Lemonaka|‎'''Lemonaka'''‎]] 01:44, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} - but with reservations on the NEED for nominees to recognize the NEED to be ''reserved'' and ''cautious'' in their assessments, and in how much they themselves are inclined to ''presume'' or to reveal, based upon their own possibly hasty or erroneous assumptions, prior to thorough inquiries and investigations. ~ ♞[[User:Kalki/Kalkiswords|☤]][[User:Kalki/Magic|☮]]♌︎[[User:Kalki|Kalki]] [[User talk:Kalki|⚚]][[User:Kalki/index|⚓︎]]⊙[[User:Kalki/Chronology|☳]][[User:Kalki/Vox Box|☶]]⚡ 02:26, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
*: In that case, once we elect our local checkusers, should we create our own local CU policy which supplements the [[:m:CheckUser policy|global policy]]? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 16:44, 5 August 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} as long as enough users serve.--[[User:TunnelESON|TunnelESON]] ([[User talk:TunnelESON|talk]]) 03:27, 6 August 2026 (UTC)S
* {{support}} - - [[User:Billious Bobulous the III|Billious Bobulous the III]]|[[User_talk:Billious_Bobulous_the_III|Talk!]]|[[Special:Contributions/Billious_Bobulous_the_III|Watch!]] 18:15, 9 August 2026 (UTC)
*:Thanks for commenting. While there are restrictions on who can vote, it's probably best for the validity of the motion that we have 25+ users who have actually edited the site before. Since this was your first edit ([[Special:CentralAuth/Billious_Bobulous_the_III|and you've only been on WMF wikis for several months, with about 100 edits total]]), whomever closes this vote may not count yours. ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 02:41, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
* {{Support}}! --[[User:وسيم|وسيم]] ([[User talk:وسيم|talk]]) 16:45, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

== Quote Me: Integrating Wikiquote into Wikimedia CEE Spring ==

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/22/quote-me-integrating-wikiquote-into-wikimedia-cee-spring/ ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 08:15, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

== Request for comment (the future of Abstract Wikipedia) ==

<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You are invited to voice your opinions in a [[:m:Requests for comment/The future of Abstract Wikipedia|request for comment about the future of Abstract Wikipedia]]. {{Int:Feedback-thanks-title}} [[:m:User:Kowal2701|Kowal2701]] ([[:m:User talk:Kowal2701|talk]]) 12:25, 24 July 2026 (UTC)</bdi>


== Global rights policy ==

I accidentally used <kbd>suppressredirect</kbd> at [[Michael Omolewa]]. What shall I do? [[User:MathXplore|MathXplore]] ([[User talk:MathXplore|talk]]) 04:06, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
: Since this is a one-time use, this shouldn't be an issue, [[User:MathXplore|MathXplore]]. However, if someone has a pattern of using <code>suppressredirect</code> from a global group (and not from a local group) for any reason other than reverting page-move vandalism, an administrator may ask them to stop using <code>suppressredirect</code> only, provided they have not misused <code>rollback</code> or any other user rights. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 15:00, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

== Call for admins ==

Any patroller who has a solid understanding of Wikiquote's content and core policies/guidelines may want to consider applying at [[Wikiquote:Requests for adminship]].  [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 23:03, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

== Create a non-admin extended mover group? ==

I would like to propose that we create an extended mover user group (<code>extendedmover</code>). It would have the following user rights:
* <code>delete-redirect</code> to delete single revision redirects; administrators do not need to have that right as they have <code>delete</code> instead.
* <code>move</code> to allow moving pages; per noc.wikimedia.org, extended movers in other projects explicitly have this user right.
* <code>move-subpages</code> to allow moving pages with their subpages.
* <code>suppressredirect</code> to not create redirects when moving pages.
* <code>tboverride</code> to override the local and global title blacklists when moving pages.
Currently, only administrators have these special user rights when they access the page move interface, hence this proposal. Thoughts? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 20:10, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
:Looking at [[Special:Log/move]], there hasn't been that many moves without leaving redirects. Has there been a lot of requests for these moves to administrators? [[User: Tenshi Hinanawi|Tenshi!]] ([[User talk: Tenshi Hinanawi|Talk page]]) 15:19, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

== Creation of an English Wikiquote Discord server ==

I was thinking of creating an English Wikiquote Discord server, but what channels should we create for that server? I will host it. No votes are required, as this is a community consultation. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 21:08, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

:I entirely support anyone else using this if they want, but I will not be using it since 1.) Electron applications are insecure, 2.) I think that discussion should stay on-wiki, and 3.) Discord is by far the ugliest and most confusing website I've ever seen (with the possible exception of Red Smoke). As for actually answering your question, if you want to solicit it, en.wikt users (not myself) use it, so you could check [[:en:wikt:WT:DISCORD]] and mimic what you think is applicable. ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 21:27, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
: The link is [https://discord.gg/Xu8N5sbpTC here]. On-wiki administrators will have the administrator role. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 18:07, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
: Sorry, I'd better not use that. Private discussion among sysops would be better on administrator mailing list and more importantly, off site discussion are usually hard to monitor and analyse, which may cause some burden further if badly dealt with. -[[user:Lemonaka|‎'''Lemonaka'''‎]] 04:56, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
:: Is the administrator mailing list still active? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 17:34, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
:@[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]],
:I suggest creating this in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Discord the main discord server]. --[[User:وسيم|وسيم]] ([[User talk:وسيم|talk]]) 16:49, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
:: I made [[Wikiquote:Discord]]. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 17:25, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

== New user scripts ==

Hi everyone,
I've created two user scripts that may be useful:
* [[m:User:Saroj/CatSync|CatSync]] – Syncs categories from a corresponding article on another Wikimedia project using Wikidata sitelinks.
* [[User:Saroj/AddSitelink|AddSitelink]] – Adds a sitelink from the current page to an existing Wikidata item using a corresponding Wikipedia article.
Feel free to try them if they're useful for your workflow. Feedback and suggestions are welcome. [[User:Saroj|Saroj]] ([[User talk:Saroj|talk]]) 10:40, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

:Thanks, be useful if the DEFAULTSORT could be synced as well. Don't think this is exposed through Wikidata though. [[User:GrimRob|GrimRob]] ([[User talk:GrimRob|talk]]) 11:25, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
::I made a separate script for this: [[User:Saroj/Sortkey|Sortkey]], suggests a default sort key from the page title. [[User:Saroj|Saroj]] ([[User talk:Saroj|talk]]) 07:20, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
:::Thanks, tried it on a couple. Seems to work fine. Good that you can change the suggestion as well. [[User:GrimRob|GrimRob]] ([[User talk:GrimRob|talk]]) 12:22, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

== Protection on the Main Page templates ==

Currently, almost all Main Page templates, except [[Main Page/New pages]] (under semi-protection), are fully protected. I would like to suggest we lower the protection of all those templates (and increase the MP new page template) to autopatroller protection. This would allow some more users to maintain those templates while remaining protected from most users because they are considered high risk. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Codename Noreste|contribs]]) 22:12, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

:I don't object as such, but is this proposal in response to a particular issue? ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 23:09, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
:Main Page/New pages is the only one that needs regular updates, so I agree with making that more accessible to autopatrollers and get a greater cadence for alerting users to new pages. QOTD has its own process, not sure you'd want people to interfere with that? Some of the others I can't imagine need updating very often. I know we can always rollback if anyone blunders, but might it be better to just pick the pages which realistically might be updated? [[User:GrimRob|GrimRob]] ([[User talk:GrimRob|talk]]) 12:13, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
:I don't think the protection level of [[Main Page/New pages]] should be increased to autopatroller protection, as it should remain accessible to all users creating new pages. For the other Main Page templates, I think the current protection levels are generally appropriate, since users can always request changes to protected templates when needed. [[User:Saroj|Saroj]] ([[User talk:Saroj|talk]]) 17:43, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

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Angels

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{{otherusesof|Angel}}

[[File:Angel statue.jpg|thumb|right|It is not because angels are holier than [[men]] or [[devils]] that makes them angels, but because they do not expect [[holiness]] from one another, but from [[God]] alone. ~ [[William Blake]] ]]
[[File:Last Angel 1912.jpg|thumb|right|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]] ]]

[[Image:The Wounded Angel - Hugo Simberg.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''The Wounded Angel'', Hugo Simberg, 1903, voted Finland's "national painting" during 2006.]]
'''[[w:Angel|Angels]]''' are divine messengers or [[w:Transcendence (philosophy)|transcendental]] beings found in many [[religions]]. This page is for quotes about or referring to Angels.

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==A==
[[File:MichaelKi.jpg|thumb|right|Calm and [[serene]] he drives the furious blast; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the [[storm]]. ~ [[Joseph Addison]] ]]
*'''Why don't we make [[love]] 'stead of makin' plans''' [[Mother]] [[Nature]], [[Father]] [[Time]], maybe its the [[Family]] [[Man]] '''Angels cry when they hear that tune''' It's sleepless [[nights]] for the man in the [[moon]] And its the rhythm of [[life]], [[mind]]'s made up.
**[[w:Oleta Adams|Oleta Adams]], ''Rhythm of Life'', the first track of ''[[w:Circle of One|Circle of One]]'' (1990) · [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXQwizQloI YouTube video]

*So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty [[land]], Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, '''Calm and [[serene]] he drives the furious blast; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the [[storm]].'''
**[[Joseph Addison]], ''The Campaign'' (1704), line 287. (A similar use of words was later made in [[Alexander Pope]]'s ''[[The Dunciad|Dunciad]]'', Book III, line 264, but not in reference to an angel).

*'''I have a [[dream]], a [[song]] to sing, To [[help]] me cope with anything.''' If you see the [[wonder]] of a [[fairy tale]] You can take the [[future]] even if you [[fail]]. '''I [[believe]] in [[angels]], something [[good]] in everything I see.''' I believe in angels, when I know the [[time]] is [[right]] for me, I'll cross the stream, '''I have a dream.'''
**[[Benny Andersson]] and [[w:Bjorn Ulvaeus|Bjorn Ulvaeus]], in "[[w:I Have a Dream (song)|I Have a Dream]]", on the [[w:ABBA|ABBA]] album ''[[w:Voulez-Vous|Voulez-Vous]]'' (1979).

* The [[people]] who walk angelically according to their free will and practice [[discipline]] in the [[life]] of the [[angels]] remove themselves completely from the [[desires]] of the flesh, beloved brothers; they [[die]] daily in the life that belongs to [[earth]], but they live in the life of the angels, just as they share in the life of the Lord.
** [Athanasius of Alexandria]] “The advanced life of virtue,” ''Athanasius and the Politics of Asceticism'' (1995), p. 314

*'''An angel can illuminate the [[thought]] and [[mind]] of [[man]] by [[strength]]ening the [[power]] of [[vision]], and by bringing within his reach some [[truth]] which the angel himself contemplates.'''
**St [[Thomas Aquinas]], as quoted in ''Angels : A Joyous Celebration'' (1999) by Running Press, p. 121.

*Since a lower power acts in virtue of a higher power, a lower order performs actions proper to a higher order by acting in virtue of that higher power. But the higher orders possess in a more eminent way whatever is proper to the lower orders. Thus all things are in a certain sense common to the various orders. However, they receive their proper names from properties that are characteristic of each order. Nevertheless the lowest order of all retains the common name of angels for itself, for the reason that it acts, as it were, in virtue of all the rest. Furthermore, since the higher naturally influences the lower, and since intellectual action consists in instructing or teaching, the higher angels, in instructing the lower angels, are said to purify, illuminate, and perfect them.
:Higher angels purify the lower angels by removing what is wanting to their knowledge. They illuminate them by fortifying the intellects of the lower angels with their own light, thus enabling them to comprehend higher objects. And higher angels perfect lower angels by guiding them to the perfection of higher knowledge. These three operations pertain to the acquisition of knowledge, as Dionysius remarks.
:This inequality does not prevent all the angels, even the lowest, from seeing the divine essence. Even though each of the blessed spirits sees God in His essence, some may behold Him more perfectly than others. This should be clear from a previous chapter. However, the more perfectly a cause is known, the more numerous are the effects discerned in it. The divine effects which the higher angels perceive in God more clearly than the other angels, constitute the subject matter in which they instruct the lower angels. But higher angels do not instruct lower angels concerning the divine essence, which they all perceive directly.
:*[[Thomas Aquinas]], ''[[w:Compendium Theologiae (Aquinas)|Compendium Theologiae]]'', [https://isidore.co/aquinas/english/Compendium.htm#126 Ch. 126 - Rank and Order of the Angels].

==B==
[[File:Saint Francis of Assisi Church on West 31st Street, New York, NY mosaic.jpg|thumb|right|The Lord will command his angels to take good care of you. They will lift you up in their hands. Then you won't trip over a stone. ~ [[The Bible]] ]]
[[File:Franz von Stuck 003.jpg|thumb|right| A [[tear]] is an intellectual thing, And a sigh is the [[Sword]] of an Angel King. ~ [[William Blake]] ]]
[[File:Friedensengel ORA.jpg|thumb|right|I heard an Angel [[singing]] When the [[day]] was springing: "[[Mercy]], [[Pity]], and [[Peace]] Are the [[world]]'s release." ~ [[William Blake]] ]]
[[File:Hieronymus Bosch 013.jpg|thumb|right|I don't mind if it's [[dangerous]] I don't mind if it's raining Take me up to the top of the city And put me up on the angel's shoulders. ~ [[Kate Bush]] ]]
[[File:Francesco Botticini - The Assumption of the Virgin.jpg|thumb|right|I can see angels standing around you. They shimmer like mirrors in [[Summer]]. But you don't know it. And they will carry you o'er the walls. If you need us, just call. ~ [[Kate Bush]] ]]
*'''The Lord will command his angels to take good care of you. They will lift you up in their hands. Then you won't trip over a stone.'''
**[[The Bible]], Psalms 91, 11-12, [http://www.bibleserver.com/text/NIRV/Psalm91,11-12 New International Readers Version]

*O white-robed Angel, guide my timorous hand to write as on a lofty rock with iron pen the words of [[truth]], that all who pass may read.
**[[William Blake]], "Samson", ''Poetical Sketches'' (1783).

*'''Cherish [[pity]], lest you drive an angel from ye [[door]].'''
**[[William Blake]], "Holy Thursday".

*I heard an Angel [[singing]] When the [[day]] was springing: "[[Mercy]], [[Pity]], and [[Peace]] Are the [[world]]'s release."
**[[William Blake]], "The Two Songs".

*'''A [[tear]] is an intellectual thing, And a sigh is the [[Sword]] of an Angel King.'''
**[[William Blake]], "The Agony of Faith".

*'''It is not because angels are holier than [[men]] or [[devils]] that makes them angels, but because they do not expect [[holiness]] from one another, but from [[God]] alone.'''
**[[William Blake]], "A Vision of the Last Judgement".

*The player is a liar when he says : "Angels are [[Happiness|happier]] than men, because they are better." '''Angels are happier than men and devils, because they are not always prying after [[good]] and [[evil]] in one another, and eating the [[tree]] of [[knowledge]] for [[Satan]]'s gratification.'''
**[[William Blake]], "A Vision of the Last Judgement".

*'''Hey if [[God]] will send his angels And if God will send a [[sign]] And if God will send his angels Would [[All|everything]] be alright?'''
**[[Bono]], "[[w:If God Will Send His Angels|If God Will Send His Angels]]" on ''[[w:Pop (album)|Pop]]'' (1997); also used in ''[[City of Angels]]'' (1998).

*If [[God]] will send his angels I sure could use them here right now Well if God would send his angels And I don't have to know how.
**[[Bono]], "If God Will Send His Angels" on ''Pop'' (1997); also used in ''City of Angels'' (1998).

*Angels and Demons can't cross over into our plane. So, instead we get what I call half-breeds. The influence peddlers. They can only whisper in our ears. A single [[word]] can give you [[courage]], or turn your favorite [[pleasure]] into your worst nightmare. Those with the demon's touch and those part angel, living alongside us. They call it the balance. I call it hypocritical bullshit.
**[[w:John Constantine|John Constantine]], ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]'' written by [[w:Kevin Brodbin|Kevin Brodbin]], [[w:Mark Bomback|Mark Bomback]], and [[w:Frank Capello|Frank Capello]], based on the DC/Vertigo comic book ''[[Hellblazer]]''.

*'''As the moths around a taper, As the bees around a [[rose]], As the gnats around a vapour, So the spirits group and close Round about a holy childhood, as if drinking its repose.'''
**[[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]], ''A Child Asleep''.

*'''We are not this story's author, who fills [[time]] and [[eternity]] with his [[purpose]].''' Yet his purpose is achieved in our [[duty]]; and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another. Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today: to make our [[country]] more [[Justice|just]] and [[generous]]; to affirm the [[dignity]] of our lives and every [[life]]. This [[work]] continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this [[storm]].
**[[George W. Bush]], in his first Inaugural speech (21 January 2001), referring to a famous quote of [[w:John Page (Virginia politician)|John Page]] (see below) about the [[w:American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]], which itself refers to the earlier use of the concept by [[Joseph Addison]] (see above).

*'''''When you reach for a [[Stars|star]] Only angels are there''' And it's not very far Just a step on a stair…''
**[[Kate Bush]], in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkfbkVKmbG0 "The Magician"] a song written for the soundtrack of ''[[w:The Magician of Lublin (film)|The Magician of Lublin]]'' (1979), based on the 1960 novel by [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]]

*''I don't mind if it's [[dangerous]] I don't mind if it's raining Take me up to the top of the city And put me up on the angel's shoulders.''
**[[Kate Bush]], in "Top of the City" on ''[[w:The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'' (1993).

*''[[w:Gabriel|Gabriel]] before me [[w:Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]] behind me [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] to my right [[w:Uriel|Uriel]] on my left side In the [[circle]] of [[fire]].''
**[[Kate Bush]], in "Lily" on ''[[w:The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]'' (1993).

*'''''Aren't we all the same? In and out of [[doubt]]. I can see angels standing around you.''' They shimmer like mirrors in [[Summer]]. But you don't know it. And they will carry you o'er the walls. If you need us, just call.''
**[[Kate Bush]], in "Among Angels" on ''[[w:50 Words for Snow|50 Words for Snow]]'' (2011).

==C==
[[File:Abbott Handerson Thayer - Angel - Smithsonian.jpg|thumb|right|Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. ~ [[G. K. Chesterton]] ]]
[[File:Das Jüngste Gericht (Memling).jpg|thumb|right|If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a [[devil]]. ~ [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] ]]
*But [[sad]] as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in.
**[[Thomas Campbell]], ''Pleasures of Hope'', Part II, line 357.

*What though my winged hours of [[bliss]] have been Like angel visits, few and far between.
**[[Thomas Campbell]], ''Pleasures of Hope'', Part II, line 375.

*'''What is all this shit about angels? Have you heard this? Three out of four [[people]] now, believe in angels.''' What're you, fucking [[stupid]]? Has everybody lost their fucking [[minds]] in this country? Angels, shit. You know what I think it is? I think it's a massive collective psychotic chemical flashback of all the [[drugs]] — ''all'' the drugs — smoked, swallowed, snorted, shot, and absorbed rectally by all Americans from 1960 to 1990. Thirty years of adulterated street drugs'll get you some fucking angels, my [[friend]].
**[[George Carlin]], "Angels" on ''[[w:You Are All Diseased|You Are All Diseased]]'' (1999).

*'''Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
**[[Thomas Carlyle]], ''The Opera'' (1852).

*'''Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.'''
**[[G. K. Chesterton]], "[[w:Orthodoxy (book)|Orthodoxy]]" (1908), Chapter VII : The Eternal Revolution; this is sometimes paraphrased "The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly".

*Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decypher even fragments of their meaning.
**[[Lydia Maria Child]], ''[https://archive.org/details/lettersfromnewyo00child/page/n8 Letters from New York]'', vol. 1, letter 26.

*...virginity is better than marriage, however good.... Celibacy is...an imitation of the angels. Therefore, virginity is as much more honorable than marriage, as the angel is higher than man. But why do I say angel? Christ, Himself, is the glory of virginity
** St. [[John Chrysostom]], Homily 19 on First Corinthians, NPNF, s. 1, v. 12, pp. 248–262.

*We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
**[[Luciano De Crescenzo]], ''Così parlò Bellavista'' (1977), ch. 23, [https://books.google.it/books?hl=it&id=6r0JAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Siamo+angeli p. 167].

*'''If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a [[devil]]. He cannot stop at the beast. '''The most savage of men are not beasts; they are worse, a great deal worse.'''
**[[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] in conversation (30 August 1833), as quoted in ''Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge'' (1835), edited by [[w:Henry Nelson Coleridge|Henry Nelson Coleridge]]

*Hold the fleet angel fast until he [[bless]] thee.
**[[Nathaniel Cotton]], ''To-morrow'', line 36

*When one that holds communion with the [[skies]] Has fill'd his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings.
**[[William Cowper]], ''Charity'', line 439

==D==
* And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him,’ this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.
:* Daniel 4:23-25

*For he will give his angels a command concerning you, To guard you in all your ways.
**[[David]], [http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/psalms/91/Psalm Psalm 91:11]

*I am as light as a feather, I am as [[happy]] as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry [[Christmas]] to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world!
**[[w:Ebenezer Scrooge|Ebenezer Scrooge]], after awakening on Christmas morning, in ''[[w:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1843), by [[Charles Dickens]]

*It was the [[beginning]] of a day in June; the deep blue [[sky]] unsullied by a cloud, and teeming with brilliant light. The streets were, as yet, nearly free from passengers, the houses and shops were closed, and the healthy air of morning fell like breath from angels, on the sleeping town.
**[[Charles Dickens]] in ''[[w:The Old Curiosity Shop|The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' (1841).

*The [[shadows]] of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.
**[[Charles Dickens]] in ''[[w:Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty|Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty]]'' (1841).

*President [[Barack Obama]] loves to quote the lyrical closing lines of [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s First Inaugural Address, calling on "the better angels of our [[nature]]" to overcome partisan hatreds and political divisions. Obama cited those words in his own inaugural proclamation and rested his hand on [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'s Bible when he took the oath of office. He has come back to those angels again and again ever since. … He used the phrase to eulogize [[Ted Kennedy]], to chide a would-be ''[[Quran]]'' burner in Florida, and to say goodbye to chief of staff [[Rahm Emanuel]]. Obama, it seems, sees better angels just about everywhere. Even as he traveled in [[India]] this week he talked about his efforts to live up to the example of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], and, yes, [[Abraham Lincoln]]. But in [[light]] of today's real-world [[politics]], Obama should think a little harder about the context in which Lincoln summoned those better angels on March 4, 1861. Led by South Carolina (now home to Sen. [[w:Jim DeMint|Jim DeMint]], seven of 33 states had already seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy at that point. … If, in the end, Lincoln did manage to hold the Union together, it was not because of the better angels of human nature, but because he finally found the killer angels among his generals who could, and did, and at enormous cost, crush the secessionists.
**[[w:Christopher Dickey|Christopher Dickey]], in [http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/10/better-angels-and-killer-angels.html "Better Angels and Killer Angels", ''Newsweek'' (10 November 2010)].

*[[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]] had an ally then of a kind that [[Barack Obama|Obama]] could use now. Lincoln's old rival from Illinois, [[Stephen Douglas]], whose party had been split by the fire-eaters and whom Lincoln defeated at the polls, became a wise and vital friend. In the months between the inauguration and Douglas's early [[death]] in June 1861, the "little giant," as he was known, spent many long hours talking to Lincoln about how best to preserve the Union — and compromise wasn't part of the picture. … "You do not know the [[dishonest]] [[purposes]] of those men as I do," he told Lincoln. What both of those great politicians understood by then was that there may be better angels in the [[nature]] of some people, but there are others who are willing to weaken, even destroy a [[nation]] to serve their own [[self-righteous]] [[self-interest]], and they will do it in the [[name]] of the [[Constitution]]. If Obama hasn't learned that yet, perhaps it's time he did.
**[[w:Christopher Dickey|Christopher Dickey]], "Better Angels and Killer Angels", ''Newsweek'' (10 November 2010).

*What is the question now placed before [[society]] with the glib assurance which to me is most astonishing? That question is this: Is [[man]] an ape or an angel? I, my lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence those new fangled theories.
**[[Benjamin Disraeli]], speech at Oxford Diocesan Conference. Nov. 25, 1864.

*In merest [[prudence]] men should teach * * * * * * That [[science]] ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings— E'en Angel's wings! — are fictions.
**[[Austin Dobson]], ''A Fairy Tale''.

*[[Heaven]], too, was very near to them in those days. [[God]]'s direct agency was to be seen in the [[thunder]] and the [[rainbow]], the [[whirlwind]] and the [[lightning]]. To the [[believer]], [[clouds]] of angels and confessors, and martyrs, armies of the [[Saints|sainted]] and the saved, were ever stooping over their struggling brethren upon [[earth]], raising, encouraging, and supporting them.
**Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] in ''[[w:The White Company|The White Company]]'' (1891).

*Let old Timotheus yield the prize Or both divide the crown; '''He rais'd a mortal to the skies She drew an angel down.'''
**[[John Dryden]], ''Alexander's Feast'' (1697), Last Stanza

==E==
[[File:Nicolae Vermont - Visul lui Ulise.jpg|thumb|right|When [[God]] has sent his angel to me, then I know of a surety. … When God sends his angel to the [[soul]] it becomes the one who [[knows]] for sure. ~ [[Meister Eckhart]] ]]
[[File:Paradiso Canto 31 (148200393).jpg|thumb|right|The [[soul]] at its highest is formed like [[God]], but an angel gives a closer [[idea]] of Him. That is all an angel is: an idea of God. ~ [[Meister Eckhart]] ]]
[[File:Hoag's object.jpg|thumb|right|[[Knowledge]] comes through likeness. And so because the [[soul]] may know [[Cosmos|everything]], it is never at [[rest]] until it comes to the original [[idea]], in which [[The All|all things are one]]. And there it comes to rest in [[God]]. ~ [[Meister Eckhart]] ]]
*'''When [[God]] has sent his angel to me, then I know of a surety. … When God sends his angel to the [[soul]] it becomes the one who [[knows]] for sure.''' Not for [[nothing]] did God give the keys into [[w:Saint Peter|St. Peter]]'s keeping, for Peter stands for [[knowledge]], and knowledge is the [[key]] that unlocks the [[door]], presses forward and breaks in, to discover God as he is.
**[[Meister Eckhart]], in Sermon 9, as translated in ''The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church'' (1999) by Hughes Oliphant Old, Chapter 9 : The German Mystics, p. 448.

*The authorities teach that next to the first emanation, which is the Son coming out of the Father, the angels are most like [[God]]. And it may well be true, for the [[soul]] at its highest is formed like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. '''That is all an angel is: an [[idea]] of [[God]].''' For this [[reason]] the angel was sent to the soul, so that the soul might be re-formed by it, to be the divine idea by which it was first conceived. [[Knowledge]] comes through likeness. '''And so because the [[soul]] may know [[Cosmos|everything]], it is never at [[rest]] until it comes to the original [[idea]], in which [[The All|all things are one]]. And there it comes to rest in [[God]].'''
**[[Meister Eckhart]], in Sermon 9, as translated in ''The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church'' (1999) by Hughes Oliphant Old, Chapter 9 : The German Mystics, p. 449.

*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]] in "Janet's Repentance", ''[[w:Scenes of Clerical Life|Scenes of Clerical Life]]'' (1857).

*In old days there were angels who came and took men by the [[hand]] and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little [[child]]'s.
**[[George Eliot]], ''[[w:Silas Marner|Silas Marner]]'' (1861), Chapter 14.

* And these are the names of the holy angels who watch. Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is 3 over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is over the spirits of men. Raguel, one of the holy angels who takes vengeance on the world of the luminaries. Michael, one of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind and over chaos. Saraqael, one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit. Gabriel, one of the holy angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the Cherubim. Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise.
** [[w:The Book of Enoch|The Book of Enoch]] ch.20 [http://www.ccel.org/c/charles/otpseudepig/enoch/ENOCH_1.HTM]

==F==
[[File:Blake jacobsladder.jpg|thumb|right|How wonderful it must be to speak the [[language]] of the angels, with no [[words]] for [[hate]] and a million words for [[love]]! ~ [[Viktor Frankl]] ]]
[[File:Engel auf dem Friedhof.jpg|thumb|right|Angels are all around us, [[all]] the [[time]], in the very [[air]] we breathe. ~ [[Eileen Elias Freeman]] ]]
* “Perhaps you could tell me how many angels may stand on the point of a pin?”… De Salcedo snorted. “I’ll tell you. Philosophically speaking, you may put as many angels on a pinhead as you want to. Actually speaking, you may put only as many as there is room for. Enough of that. I'm interested in facts, not fancies.”
** [[Philip José Farmer]], ''Sail On! Sail On!'' Originally published in the December 1952 issue of [[w:Startling Stories|Startling Stories]]; reprinted in [[Harry Harrison]] (ed.), ''SF: Author’s Choice,'' (1968), p. 140. The ellipsis represents elision of one paragraph of description.

*Angels shine from without because their [[spirits]] are lit from within by the [[light]] of [[God]].
**Eileen Elias Freeman, in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994), p. 4, {{ISBN|0446671215}} 

*Angels can fly lightly because they take [[God]] seriously.
**Eileen Elias Freeman, in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994), p. 5.

*Angels can fly because they carry no burdens.
**Eileen Elias Freeman, in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the [[help]] your angel has given you.
**Eileen Elias Freeman, in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*Pay attention to your [[dreams]] — God's angels often speak directly to our [[hearts]] when we are asleep.
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*[[Life]] is a tapestry: We are the warp; angels, the weft; God, the weaver. '''Only the Weaver sees the whole design.'''
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*Angels fly at light speed, because they are servants of the [[Light]].
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*'''If angels rarely [[appear]], it's because we all too often mistake the medium for the Message.'''
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*Insight is better than eyesight when it comes to seeing an angel.
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*'''Angels are all around us, [[all]] the [[time]], in the very [[air]] we breathe.'''
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*'''When babies look beyond you and [[giggle]], maybe they're seeing angels.'''
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*'''How wonderful it must be to speak the [[language]] of the angels, with no [[words]] for [[hate]] and a million words for [[love]]!'''
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*[[God]] not only sends special angels into our lives, but sometimes He even sends them back again if we forget to take notes the first time!
**Eileen Elias Freeman in ''The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers'' (1994).

*'''A [[thought]] transfixed me: for the first time in my [[life]] I saw the [[truth]] as it is set into [[song]] by so many [[poets]], proclaimed as the final [[wisdom]] by so many thinkers. The truth — that [[love]] is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. '''Then I grasped the [[meaning]] of the [[greatest]] [[secret]] that [[human]] [[poetry]] and human thought and [[belief]] have to impart:''' ''The salvation of [[man]] is through [[love]] and in love.'' '''… For the first [[time]] in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the [[words]],''' "The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an [[infinite]] [[glory]]." '''
**[[Viktor Frankl]], ''[[Man's Search for Meaning]]'' (1946; 1959).

==G==
[[File:The_Sons_of_God_Saw_the_Daughters_of_Men_That_They_Were_Fair%2C_by_Daniel_Chester_French%2C_modeled_by_1918%2C_carved_1923_-_Corcoran_Gallery_of_Art_-_DSC01065.JPG|thumb|200px|When men began to multiply on earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw how beautiful the daughters of man were, and so they took for their wives as many of them as they chose. Then the Lord said: "My spirit shall not remain in man forever, since he is but flesh. His days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years." At that time the Nephilim appeared on earth (as well as later), after the sons of God had intercourse with the daughters of man, who bore them sons. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown. ~ Genesis 6:1-4]]
* When men began to multiply on earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw how beautiful the daughters of man were, and so they took for their wives as many of them as they chose. Then the Lord said: "My spirit shall not remain in man forever, since he is but flesh. His days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years." At that time the Nephilim appeared on earth (as well as later), after the sons of God had intercourse with the daughters of man, who bore them sons. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown.
:* Genesis 6:1-4

* Angels have no back to their necks, and cannot turn their heads round.
** ''{{w|Genesis Rabbah}} 49'', ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm07.htm Tales and Maxims from the Midrash]'' by Rev. Samuel Rapaport, (1907), p. 80

* One angel cannot perform two duties at a time, nor are two angels sent to perform one and the same duty.
** ''{{w|Genesis Rabbah}} 50'', ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tmm/tmm07.htm Tales and Maxims from the Midrash]'' by Rev. Samuel Rapaport, (1907), p. 80-81

*Non Angli, sed Angeli. Not Angles, but Angels.
**Attributed to [[Gregory the Great]] on seeing British captives for sale at Rome.

==H==
[[File:Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham of Balkh visited by angels1009 IP.jpg|thumb|[[w:Ibrahim ibn Adham|Abou Ben Adhem]] (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep [[dream]] of [[peace]]… ~ [[Leigh Hunt]] ]]
*From the east to the west sped the angels of the Dawn, from sea to sea, from mountain-top to mountain-top, scattering light with both their hands.
**[[w:Henry Rider Haggard|Henry Rider Haggard]], ''[[w:She (novel)|She]]'' (1887).

*'''Unbless'd thy [[hand]]! — if in this low disguise Wander, perhaps, some inmate of the [[skies]].'''
**[[Homer]], ''Odyssey'', Book XVII, line 570. Pope's translation.

*'''[[w:Ibrahim ibn Adham|Abou Ben Adhem]] (may his tribe increase!)''' Awoke one night from a deep [[dream]] of [[peace]], And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, '''An [[Angel]] [[writing]] in a [[book]] of [[gold]]…'''
**[[Leigh Hunt]], in "Abou Ben Adhem" (or "Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel"), in ''The Poetical Works of Leigh Hunt'' (1846).

==I==

==J==
* "If 'it is good for a man not to touch a woman', then it is bad for him to touch one, for bad, and bad only, is the opposite of good. But, if though bad, it is made venial, then it is allowed to prevent something which would be worse than bad. ... Notice the Apostle's carefulness. He does not say: 'It is good not to have a wife', but, 'It is good for a man not to touch a woman'. ... I am not expounding the law as to husbands and wives, but discussing the general question of sexual intercourse – how in comparison with chastity and virginity, the life of angels, 'It is good for a man not to touch a woman'.
** [[Jerome]] (c. 347 – 420), commenting on Paul's letter to the Corinthians, "NPNF2-06. Jerome: The Principal Works of St. Jerome". CCEL. Retrieved 7 November 2016 – via Google Books.

* At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
** [[Jesus]], Matthew 22:30 (NIV).

==K==
*'''The more devils we have within us, the more chance we have to form angels.'''
**[[Nikos Kazantzakis]], ''[[w:The Last Temptation of Christ|The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' (1951), Ch. 10.

*On that very night the angel of [[Jehovah]] went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the As·syr′i·ans. When people rose up early in the morning, they saw all the dead bodies.
**[http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/2-kings/19/ 2 Kings 19:35]

==L==
[[File:Gabriele.jpg |thumb|right|If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his [[philosophy]] I [[believe]] many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equals 13. ~ [[Georg Christoph Lichtenberg]] ]]
[[File:AnttlersNewM45.jpg |thumb|right|Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of [[heaven]], Blossomed the lovely [[stars]], the forget-me-nots of the angels. ~ [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] ]]
[[File:Universeglass.JPG |thumb|right|But all [[God]]'s angels come to us disguised: [...] [[All]] radiant with the [[glory]] and the calm Of having looked upon the front of [[God]]. ~ [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] ]]

*But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
**''[[Gospel of Luke]]'' 20:35-36, NKJV

*For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than [[John the Baptist]]; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
**''[[Gospel of Luke]]'' 7:28, NKJV

* Through the dim and lonely forest Comes a low sweet sound, Like the whispering of angels To the greenwood round, Bearing through the hours of midnight, On their viewless wings, Music in its measure telling High and holy things.
** [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]], ''Forget Me Not, 1839'' (1838 posthumous), 'Alice Lee'

*'''If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his [[philosophy]] I [[believe]] many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equals 13.'''
**[[Georg Christoph Lichtenberg]], ''Aphorisms'' (1765-1799), Notebook B (1768-1771), B 44. This quote comes from Wikiquote's Lichtenberg ''Aphorisms'' section which was begun primarily with translations by [[w:R. J. Hollingdale|R. J. Hollingdale]], augmented by other sources, including ''Selected Writings of Georg C. Lichtenberg'' (1893) edited by Adolf Wilbrandt.

*'''The [[mystic]] chords of [[memory]], stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living [[heart]] and hearthstone all over this broad [[land]], will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our [[nature]].'''
**[[Abraham Lincoln]], closing of [[s:Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address|First Inaugural Address]] (4 March 1861).

*'''Silently, one by one, in the [[infinite]] meadows of [[heaven]], Blossomed the lovely [[stars]], the forget-me-nots of the angels.'''
**[[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], ''[[w:Evangeline| Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie]]'' (1847).

*'''If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above Enjoy such liberty.'''
**[[Richard Lovelace]], ''Lucasta'' ''To Althea: From Prison'', st. 4.(1649).

*'''But all [[God]]'s angels come to us disguised''': [[Sorrow]] and [[sickness]], [[poverty]] and [[death]], One after other lift their frowning [[masks]], And we behold the Seraph's [[face]] beneath, '''[[All]] radiant with the [[glory]] and the calm Of having looked upon the front of [[God]].'''
**[[James Russell Lowell]], ''On the Death of a Friend's Child'', line 21.

==M==
[[File:Walter Crane - The Roll of Fate (1882).jpg|thumb|If men were angels, no [[government]] would be [[necessary]]. ~ [[James Madison]] ]]
[[File:Antonio Canova - Psyché ranimée par le baiser de l'Amour, Marbre, 1793.jpg|thumb|right|You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent revelrie You're in the arms of the Angel; may you find some [[comfort]] here. ~ [[Sarah McLachlan]] ]]
[[File:Cloches du soir.jpg|thumb|right| Millions of spiritual creatures walk the [[earth]] Unseen, both when we wake and when we [[sleep]]. ~ [[John Milton]] ]]

*For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
**''[[Gospel of Matthew]]'' 22:30, NKJV
* Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve '''[[w:legion|legions]] of angels'''? 54 How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?”
**''[[Gospel of Matthew]]'' 26:53, NKJV (see also [https://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/26.htm Interlinear Bible])

* '''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. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.''' A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.
** [[James Madison]], ''[[w:Federalist No. 51|Federalist No. 51]]'' (6 February 1788) [[s:The_Federalist_Papers/No._51 Full text at Wikisource]]

*In this dim world of clouding cares, We rarely know, till 'wildered [[eyes]] See white wings lessening up the [[skies]], The Angels with us unawares.
**[[Gerald Massey]], ''The Ballad of Babe Christabel''.

*In the arms of the Angel Far away from here From this [[dark]], cold hotel room, And the [[endlessness]] that you [[fear]] You are pulled from the wreckage of your [[silent]] revelrie You're in the arms of the Angel; may you find some [[comfort]] here.
**[[Sarah McLachlan]], "[[w:Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)|Angel]]" from ''[[w:Surfacing (album)|Surfacing]]'' (1997); also used in ''[[City of Angels]]'' (1998) - ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDkcJ-62uuY Video performance at YouTube] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j42ApkIIdNc ''City of Angels'' video at YouTube]).

*...indeed, if there were any modesty left in mankind, the histories of the Bible might abundantly assure men of the existence of [[angels]] and spirits... I look upon it as a special piece of Providence that . . . fresh examples of apparitions may awaken our benumbed and lethargic minds into an assurance that there are other intelligent beings besides those that are clothed in heavy earth or clay . . . for this evidence, showing that there are bad spirits, will necessarily open a door to the belief that there are good ones, and lastly, that there is a [[God]].
**[[Henry More]], quoted by [[H.P. Blavatsky]], in ''Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology,'' (1877)

*O welcome, pure-eyed [[Faith]], white-handed [[Hope]], Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings!
**[[John Milton]], ''[[Comus]]'' (1634).

*As far as angel's ken.
**[[John Milton]], ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' (1667; 1674), Book I, line 59.

*For [[God]] will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men Delighted, and with frequent intercourse Thither will send his winged messengers On errants of supernal [[grace]].
**[[John Milton]], ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' (1667; 1674), Book VII, line 569.

*'''Millions of spiritual creatures walk the [[earth]] Unseen, both when we wake and when we [[sleep]].'''
**[[John Milton]], in [[Paradise Lost]] (1667; 1674).

*How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of [[silence]] through the empty-vaulted [[night]], At every fall smoothing the raven down Of [[darkness]] till it smiled!
**[[John Milton]], ''[[Comus (John Milton)|Comus]]'' (1637), line 249.

*The helmed Cherubim, And [[Sword|sworded]] Seraphim, Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd.
**[[John Milton]], ''Hymn on the Nativity'', line 112.

*'''Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws'''
**[[Jim Morrison]], ''An American Prayer'' (1978).

*Now the two angels arrived at Sod′om by evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sod′om. When Lot caught sight of them, then he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the earth.
**[[Moses]], [[Genesis]], 19:1, [[New World Translation]]

*Then too when angel voices sung The [[mercy]] of their [[God]], and strung Their harps to hail, with welcome sweet, That moment watched for by all [[eyes]].
**[[Thomas Moore]], ''Loves of the Angels'', Third Angel's Story

*Narrated Abu Talha: The Prophet said, "Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or there are pictures".
**[[Muhammad]] as quoted in ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'', volume 7, book 72, number 833

==N==

*A certain scripture mentions that humans are superior to angels. Why? Because there are people who know of evil but do not become evil. It's different from angels, who know only of good since birth. Humans have evil, but can live as good, so they are superior to angels, who know only good.
**[[w:Kinoko Nasu|Kinoko Nasu]] in ''[[w:Fate/stay night|Fate/stay night]]'', in lines for Kirei Kotomine

==O==
*We must not suppose that it is the result of chance that a particular duty is assigned to a particular angel; the work of curing and healing, for instance, to Raphael; the supervising of wars to [[Gabriel]]; the task of attending to the prayers and supplications of mortals to [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]]. We must believe that they have obtained their duties for no other reason except their own individual [[merit|merits]] and that they entered upon them as a reward for the zeal and virtue they displayed before the construction of this world; after which event this or that kind of duty was assigned to each member of the order of archangels, while others were counted worthy of being enrolled in the order of angels and to act under this or that archangel, or under this or that leader or chief of his order. All this, as we have said was arranged not by chance or at random, but by the most appropriate and righteous judgment of God, being settled in accordance with merit, God himself deciding and approving. p. 85, Chapter VIII, Angels.
**[[Origen]], ''On First Principles'' based on G. W. Butterworth’s 1936 English translation, Christian Classics, Notre Dame, (1980) [https://archive.org/details/origen-on-first-principles [Full text]]

*No angelic office, therefore, exists except as a reward of merit, nor do authorities wield their authority except as a result of their progress, nor do those who are called thrones, that is, authorities for judging and ruling, administer their functions except as a reward of merit, nor do the dominions exercise dominion but by merit; for this supreme and most excellent order of rational creatures in the heavenly places is thus arranged in a glorious variety of offices. p. 89
** [[Origen]], ''On First Principles'' based on G. W. Butterworth’s 1936 English translation, Christian Classics, Notre Dame, (1980)

==P==
[[File:La busqueda del angel... (257576369).jpg|thumb|right|Be not forgetful to entertain [[strangers]]: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. ~ [[Paul of Tarsus]] ]]
[[File:Empyrean Light.jpg|thumb|Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~ [[Alexander Pope]] ]]
* We [[know]] the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this [[storm]]?
** [[w:John Page (Virginia politician)|John Page]], about the [[w:American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]] in a letter to [[Thomas Jefferson]]; quoted in ''Angel in the Whirlwind'' (1997) by Benson Bobrick.

* '''Be not forgetful to entertain [[strangers]]: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.'''
** [[Paul of Tarsus]] in [http://bible.cc/hebrews/13-2.htm ''Hebrews'' 13:2] ([[w:Authorized King James Version|KJV]]).

* Not all angels play the [[harp]], Or [[sing]] in heaven’s choir. Some of them are [[warriors]] Who fly on wings of [[fire]].
** [https://classicalpoets.org/poet-bio-roy-e-peterson/ Roy E. Peterson], [https://classicalpoets.org/2025/07/not-all-angels-play-the-harp-a-poem-by-roy-e-peterson/ "Not All Angels Play the Harp"], the Society of Classical Poets (July 18, 2025)

* [[Fools]] rush in where angels [[fear]] to tread.
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''[[An Essay on Criticism]]'' (1711).

* [[Men]] would be angels, angels would be [[gods]].
** [[Alexander Pope]], ''An Essay on Man'' (1733-34), Epistle I, line 126.

==Q==
[[File:Frans Francken II (workshop) Saint Cecilia.jpg|thumb|Surely those who [[believe]] not in the [[Afterlife|Hereafter]] [[name]] the angels with [[female]] names. And they have no [[knowledge]] of it. They follow but conjecture, and surely conjecture avails naught against [[Truth]]. ~ [[Quran]]]]

* They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if a (special) sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say: "Certainly (all) signs are in the power of Allah: but what will make you (Muslims) realise that (even) if (special) signs came, they will not believe"? We (too) shall turn to (confusion) their hearts and their eyes, even as they refused to believe in this in the first instance: We shall leave them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction. '''Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak unto them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes, they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah's plan. But most of them ignore''' (the truth). Likewise did We make for every Messenger an enemy,- evil ones among men and jinns, inspiring each other with flowery discourses by way of deception. If thy Lord had so planned, they would not have done it: so leave them and their inventions alone. To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline, who have no faith in the hereafter: let them delight in it, and let them earn from it what they may.
** [[Quran]], chapter 6: 109-113

* '''Or did We create the angels females, while they witnessed?''' Now surely it is of their own lie that they say: Allah has begotten. And truly they are liars.
** [[Quran]], chapter 37: 150-152

* And how many angels are in the heavens, whose intercession avails naught except after Allah gives permission to whom He pleases and chooses. Surely those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with female names. And they have no knowledge of it. They follow but conjecture, and surely conjecture avails naught against Truth.
** [[Quran]], chapter 53: 26-28

==R==
*A guardian angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing.
**[[Samuel Rogers]], ''Human Life'', line 353.

*Why should I fear? When was I less by [[dying]]? ''' Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar With angels blest; but even from angelhood I must pass on: all except [[God]] doth perish. '''When I have [[sacrificed]] my angel-[[soul]], I shall become what no [[mind]] e'er conceived. Oh, let me not exist! for Non-existence Proclaims in organ tones, ''To Him we shall return.'''''
**[[Rumi]], "I Died as a Mineral", as translated in ''The Mystics of Islam'' (1914) edited by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, p. 125.

==S==
[[File:Hieronymus_Bosch_-_The_Fall_of_the_Rebel_Angels_%28obverse%29_-_WGA2572.jpg|thumb|200px|Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. ~ [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Macbeth]]'']]
[[File:Glassmaleri Marmorkirken.jpg|thumb|200px|Angels never attack, as [[Hell|infernal]] [[spirits]] do. Angels only ward off and [[Protection|defend]]. ~ [[Emanuel Swedenborg]] ]]
*'''All angel now, and little less than all, While still a pilgrim in this world of ours.'''
**[[Walter Scott]], ''Lord of the Isles'', referring to Harriet, Duchess of Buccleugh

*'''Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.'''
**[[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1605), Act IV, scene 3, line 22.

*'''In [[Heaven]] an angel is nobody in particular.'''
**[[George Bernard Shaw]], ''[[w:Man and Superman|Man and Superman : A Comedy and a Philosophy]]'' (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists : Greatness".

*[[Good]] [[night]], sweet prince, and flights of angels [[sing]] thee to thy [[rest]]!
**[[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Hamlet|Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]]'' (''c''.1600), Act V, scene 2, line 371.

*I charge thee, fling away [[ambition]]: by that [[sin]] fell the angels.
**[[William Shakespeare]], lines spoken by [[w:Thomas Wolsey|Wolsey]] in ''[[w:Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]'' [originally titled ''All is True''](1613)
*How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us that succour want!
**[[Edmund Spenser]], ''The Faerie Queene'' (1589-96), Book II, Canto VIII, Stanza 2.

*Around our pillows golden ladders rise, And up and down the skies, With winged sandals shod, The angels come, and go, the Messengers of God! Nor, though they fade from us, do they depart— It is the childly [[heart]] We walk as heretofore, Adown their shining ranks, but see them nevermore.
**[[R. H. Stoddard]], ''Hymn to the Beautiful'', Stanza 3.

*Sweet [[souls]] around us watch us still, Press nearer to our side; Into our [[thoughts]], into our [[prayers]], With gentle helpings glide.
**[[Harriet Beecher Stowe]], ''The Other World''.

*'''Angels never attack, as [[Hell|infernal]] [[spirits]] do. Angels only ward off and [[Protection|defend]].'''
**[[Emanuel Swedenborg]], ''[[w:Arcana Coelestia|Arcana Coelestia]]'' (1749 - 1756) translated as [http://www.sacred-texts.com/swd/ac/index.htm "Heavenly Secrets" #1683]

==T==
[[File:Teresabernini.JPG|thumb|right|Though I have [[visions]] of angels frequently, yet I see them only by an intellectual vision … Their [[names]] they never tell me; but I see very well that there is in [[heaven]] so [[great]] a difference between one angel and another, and between these and the others, that I cannot explain it. ~ [[Teresa of Ávila]] ]]
*I saw an angel close by me, on my left side, in bodily form. This I am not accustomed to see, unless very rarely. Though I have [[visions]] of angels frequently, yet I see them only by an intellectual vision, such as I have spoken of before. It was our Lord's will that in this vision I should see the angel in this wise. He was not large, but small of stature, and most beautiful — his face burning, as if he were one of the highest angels, who seem to be all of [[fire]]: they must be those whom we call cherubim. '''Their [[names]] they never tell me; but I see very well that there is in [[heaven]] so [[great]] a difference between one angel and another, and between these and the others, that I cannot explain it.'''
**Saint [[Teresa of Ávila]], ''The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus'' (c.1565).

*I have no angels left Now, Sweet, to pray to: Where you have made your shrine They are away to. They have struck Heaven's tent, And gone to cover you: Whereso you keep your state Heaven is pitched over you.
**[[Francis Thompson]], ''A Carrier Song'', Stanza 4.

==U==

==V==
*There is no [[reason]] why [[good]] cannot triumph as often as [[evil]]. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I [[hope]] that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.
**[[Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.]], ''[[w:The Sirens of Titan|The Sirens of Titan]]'' (1959).

== W==
[[File:Amandus Faure Gasse in Neapel.jpg|thumb|right|Outside the open window The [[morning]] [[air]] is all awash with angels. ~ [[Richard Wilbur]] ]]
[[File:Evelyn_De_Morgan_-_Angel_of_Death.jpg|thumb|200px|Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in [[blood]]. Would you ever really want to see an angel? ~ Gregory Widen, ''[[The Prophecy]]'']]

*I'll help you. I'm an angel.
**Monica, played by [[w:Roma Downey|Roma Downey]] in the first episode of [[Touched_By_An_Angel#Southbound_Bus_.5B1.1.5D|''Touched By An Angel'' : "Southbound Bus"]] (1994), written by [[w:Martha Williamson|Martha Williamson]]

*How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porch light on?
**[[Tom Waits]], "Mr Siegal" on ''[[w:Heartattack and Vine|Heartattack and Vine]]'' (1980)

*'''Could we forbear dispute, and practise [[love]], We should agree as angels do above.'''
**[[Edmund Waller]], in "Of Divine Love" (''c''. 1686)

*'''Gabriel''': I'm an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding why.
*'''Thomas Daggett''': Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?
:* Gregory Widen, [[The Prophecy]]

*Outside the open window The [[morning]] air is all awash with angels.
**[[Richard Wilbur]], in [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=171793 "Love Calls Us To The Things Of This World"], from ''Poems'' (1956)

* '''Whenever an angel says "Be not afraid!" you'd better start worrying. A big assignment is on the way.'''
** [[Elie Wiesel]], as quoted in Spirituality and Liberation : Overcoming the Great Fallacy (1988) by Robert McAfee Brown, p. 136

*'''I know a lot of people who don't believe in angels but I've never met a soul that didn't want to believe in them.'''
**Tess, played by [[w:Della Reese|Della Reese]] in [[Touched_By_An_Angel#Interview_With_An_Angel_.5B2.1.5D|''Touched By An Angel'' : "Interview With An Angel"]] (1995) written by [[w:Martha Williamson|Martha Williamson]]

* If there is any thing that keeps the [[mind]] [[Open-mindedness|open to]] angel visits, and repels the [[Evil|ministry of ill]], it is [[human]] [[love]].
** [[Nathaniel Parker Willis]], as quoted in [https://books.google.com/books?id=09M4AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA11 ''Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors'' (1872) by Maturin Murray Ballou, p. 11]; also in [[s:Page:Three Thousand Selected Quotations from Brilliant Writers.djvu/402|''Three Thousand Selected Quotations from Brilliant Writers'' (1909) edited by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 394]]

*'''For all we [[know]] Of what the Blessèd do above Is, that they [[sing]], and that they [[love]].''' . . . What know we of the Blest above But that they sing, and that they love?
**[[William Wordsworth]], ''Scene on the Lake of Brienz'' (quoted from [[Waller]])

==X==

==Y==
*'''An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; Legions of angels can't confine me there.'''
**[[Edward Young]], ''Night I'', l. 89 (1742-1745).

==Z==

== See also ==
* [[Archangel]], [[Cherub]], [[Seraph]], [[guardian angel]]
* [[Michael (archangel)]]
* [[Gabriel]]
* [[Raphael (archangel)]]
* [[Satan]]
* [[Metatron]]

==External links==
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*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01476d.htm Catholic Encyclopedia entry on angels]
*[http://www.persiandna.com/angels.htm Zoroastrian angels]
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1521&letter=A&search=angelology Jewish Encyclopedia entry on angels]
*[http://www.sunna.info/Lessons/islam_331.html Angels in Islam]
*[http://www.heart7.net/spirit/top.html Christian/occult-oriented A-Z guide to names of individual angels, angelic hierarchies and other reference materials]
*[http://www.angelgift.com/newsite/shop/custom.aspx?recid=10 Nine Orders of Angels]

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