Life and Existence

We are never late. We arrive precisely when we mean to. J. R.

 

The difficulty in life is the choice.

 

There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumor of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone. J. R. R.

If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. St.

Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming.

Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming.

The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. J. R. R.

The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. J. R. R.

But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable. E. M.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. J. R. R.

 

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. J. R. R.

 

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair; and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. J.R.R.

 

The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure. J. R. R.

 

The crime of suicide lies in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind. E. M.

 

Can I ever know you or you know me?

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

Life is sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. O.

 

The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.

The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to. J. R. R.

 

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination. J. R. R.