All Quotes by Sydney Carter
“So what do you believe in? I walk upon the water.”
“Your holy hearsay is not evidence. Is living now.”
“Come holy harlequin! Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down.”
“Teach the crippled how to leap, Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down.”
“They are songs which can be sung in a Christian context, but they all had to mean something to me because I was often on the edge of not believing. The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in.”
“There are obvious problems with so many denominations in schools today, but I had collective worship at school and I do not think it is a bad thing.”
“Coming and going by the dance, I see Will go on dancing when my bones are not.”
“Dance, then, wherever you may be, And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said he.”
“I danced on the Sabbath On a Cross to die.”
“They buried my body And I still go on.”
“They cut me down Of the Dance, said he.”
“Loud are the bells of Norwich and the people come and go. Here by the tower of Julian, I tell them what I know.”
“Love, like the yellow daffodil, is Lord of all I know.”
“All shall be well, I'm telling you, let the winter come and go All shall be well again, I know.”
“There's a light that is shining in the heart of a man, and a light that is shining, friend, in me and in you.”
“With a book and a steeple, with a bell and a key but the light will be shining at the end of it all.”
“If we give you a pistol, will you fight for the Lord?" "For the truth is more holy than the book, to me.”
“There's an ocean of darkness and I drown in the night "And I walk in the glory of the light," said he.”