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The Call

«I must down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide / Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.»
Author: John Masefield | Keywords: Call of, The Call, tide
«I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie.»
Author: Walter Matthau | Keywords: bookie, offstage, The Call
«. . . each day mankind and the claims of mankind slipped farther from him. Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why; nor did he wonder where or why, the call sounding imperiously, deep in the forest.»
«Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.»
«If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery.»
«As the call, so the echo»
Author: Proverb | Keywords: echo, The Call
«O you who believe! when the call is made for prayer on Friday, then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading; that is better for you, if you know. (The Congregation 62.9)»
«Haven't you heard the call from beyond, O beautiful soul-bride? You must go to your in-laws; you cannot stay with your parents forever.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Keywords: The Call
«The Lord Himself sends out the call, and He summons us to His Presence. He enshrines His Name within our minds.»
«If you do not feel the call at the sight of human distress, disease or deviation from the right, how can you muster the determination and dedication necessary to serve the unseen, inscrutable, mysterious God? When you do not love man, your heart will not love God.»

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