We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always read more
We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the read more
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice -- that is, until we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say, "I lost it.".
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on read more
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if read more
Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, "we must be realistic", they mean they are going to make money out of it. -Brigid Brophy.
Take up the cross if thou the crown would'st gain.
[Lat., Tolle crucem, qui vis auferre coronam.]
Take up the cross if thou the crown would'st gain.
[Lat., Tolle crucem, qui vis auferre coronam.]
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Anon -Lord Byron.
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin. Anon -Lord Byron.
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.
If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.
