Life and Existence

Man, is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

 

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.

Still round the corner there may wait,
A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R.

Still round the corner there may wait,
A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R.

No other road, no other way, no day but today.

 

No other road, no other way, no day but today.

 

The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance. C. S.

 

Measure your life in love.

 

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. William S.

You cannot condemn a man for what may only be a figment of your own imagination.

Spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.

Life is a dream from which we must wake before we can dream again.

 

Life is a dream from which we must wake before we can dream again.

 

Witness at all times. If necessary, use words. St.

What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good on this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on? J. R. R.

 

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end. J. R. R.

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end. J. R. R.

He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall. J. R. R.

 

Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. J. R. R.

 

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

 

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace! Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy.