But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

-Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans
  The Advancement of Learning, bk.2, ch.20, section 8.

   Whether the angels play only Bach in praising God I am not quite sure; I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.

-Barth, Karl
  Quoted in the NewYork Times.

And he dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 28:12.

When Iconsider thyheavens,theworkofthy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.Thou madest himtohave dominionover the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 8:3^6.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 22:30.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holyangels with him, then shall he sit upon thethrone of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 25:31^3.

Either what womanhaving ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep thehouse, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke15:8^10.

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afaroff, and Lazarus in his bosom.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Luke16:22^3.

   Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and havenotcharity,Iam becomeassounding brass, ora tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all mygoodstofeed thepoor, and though Igivemy body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not herown, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Corinthians13:1^13.

   Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Hebrews13:1^2.

Man was kreated a little lower than the angells and has bin gittin a little lower ever since.

-Billings,Josh pseudonym of  Henry Wheeler Shaw
  Josh Billings, His Sayings, ch.28.

   Therefore with Angels, and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee,O Lord most High. Amen.

-Book of Common Prayer
Holy Communion, Praise.

   The angels all were 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.

-Rochdale
  The Vision of  Judgement, stanza 2.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

-Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)
  Orthodoxy, ch.7.

And sad,Oh sad, that glen with one thin stream He met his death in; and a farmer told me There was but one small bird to shoot: it sang 'Better Beast and know your end, and die Than Man with murderous angels in his head.'

-Devlin, Denis
c.1956  'The Tomb of Michael Collins'.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name; So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame Angels affect us oft, and worshipped be; Still when, to where thou wert, I came, Some lovely glorious nothing did I see.

-Donne,John
c.1595^1605  'Air and  Angels', collected in Songs and Sonnets (1633).

I throw myself down in my Chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

-Donne,John
  Sermon preached at the funeral of Sir  William Cockayne, 12 Dec.

Dios so¤  lo nos tiene aqu |¤ prestados, en este valle de la¤  grimas no estamos ma¤  s que de paso. Si llegara alg u¤ n d|¤a a pensar que ha perdido a su hija para el mundo de los hombres, la habra¤   ganado para el de los a¤  ngeles. God has us here only on loan, we are transitory in this vale of tears. If you ever come to think that you have lost your daughter to the world of men, think also that you have given her to that of the angels.

-Ferre¤  , Rosario
  La Bella Durmiente ('Sleeping Beauty').

Nor second he, that rode sublime Upon the seraph-wings of ecstasy, The secrets of th'abyss to spy. He passed the flaming bounds of place and time: 370 The living throne, the sapphire-blaze, Where angels tremble, while they gaze, He saw; but blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.

-Gray,Thomas
  Of Milton. The Progress of Poesy, l.95^102.

Non Angli, sed angeli. Not Angles, but angels. 372

-Pope Gregory I known as  'the Great'
c.580  Reference to  Angle slave children seen by Gregory in Rome, which inspired him with the desire to convert Britain to Christianity. Quoted in Bede Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (c.731), bk.2, ch.1. His exact words according to Bede were'Nam et angelicam habent faciem, et tales angelorum in caelis decet esse coheredes' ('Since they have the faces of angels, they should be the co-heirs of the angels in heaven').