Some memorable lines from a classic play...And the saints and martyrs wait, for those who shall be martyrs and saints. Destiny waits in the hand of God, not in the hands of statesmen. - Chorus, pg 13.
Be easy, man! The easy man lives to eat the best dinners.
- Tempter to Becket, pg 25.
Now is my way clear, now is the meaning plain:
Temptation shall not come in this kind again.
The last temptation is the greatest treason:
To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
- Becket, pg 44.
While I ate out of the King's dish To become servant of God was never my wish. Servant of God has chance of greater sin And sorrow, than the man who serves a king. For those who serve the greater cause may make the cause serve them.
- Becket to Temptor, pg 45.
Dear children, I do not think I shall ever preach to you again; and because it is possible that in a short time you may have yet another martyr, and that one perhaps not the last.
- Becket's Christmas Homily, pg 50.
I submit my cause to the judgment of Rome. But if you kill me, I shall rise from my tomb To submit my cause before God's throne.
- Becket to Knights, pg 66.
Peace! be quiet! remember where you are, and what is happening; No life here is sought for but mine, And I am not in danger: only near to death.
- Becket to Priests, pg 70.
While I ate out of the King's dish To become servant of God was never my wish. Servant of God has chance of greater sin And sorrow, than the man who serves a king. For those who serve the greater cause may make the cause serve them.
- Becket to Temptor, pg 45.
Dear children, I do not think I shall ever preach to you again; and because it is possible that in a short time you may have yet another martyr, and that one perhaps not the last.
- Becket's Christmas Homily, pg 50.
I submit my cause to the judgment of Rome. But if you kill me, I shall rise from my tomb To submit my cause before God's throne.
- Becket to Knights, pg 66.
Peace! be quiet! remember where you are, and what is happening; No life here is sought for but mine, And I am not in danger: only near to death.
- Becket to Priests, pg 70.
2 comments:
You missed my favorite!
"The last temptation is the greatest treason; to do the right thing for the wrong reason."
Can't give you a page number, but it's the first act, dialog between Thomas and the third tempter.
-- Adam Booth (we did meet briefly in the Fall; I'm one of the Candidates at Moreau).
Adam, yes! a classic line for sure. Now that I look at it, I did underline that passage. This specific publication (Harcourt) highlights in on the exterior back cover, even.
I will make the appropriate change!
Thanks.
mbw
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