"Do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind?"

"All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw ma…"

"The heart -- which may be broken: happy they! Thrice fortunate! who of that fragile mould, The precious porcelain of …"

"How shall we celebrate the day, When God appeared in mortal clay, The mark of worldly scorn."

"If we could once understand the common clay of earth we should understand everything."

"Clay is embedded in our subconscious. It has been there for at least 50,000 years."

"A vase of unbaked clay, when broken, may be remoulded, but not a baked one."

"These look like the workmanship of heaven; This is the porcelain clay of human kind, And therefore cast into these no…"

"This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shap…"

"Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Were't not a Shame — were't not a Sha…"