If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.
The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622 A really patient man neither complains nor seeks read more
Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622 A really patient man neither complains nor seeks to be pitied; he will speak simply and truly of his trouble, without exaggerating its weight or bemoaning himself. If others pity him, he will accept their compassion patiently, unless they pity him for some ill he is not enduring, in which case he will say so with meekness, and abide in patience and truthfulness, combating his grief and not complaining of it.
To each man is reserved a work which he alone can do.
To each man is reserved a work which he alone can do.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make read more
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements.
The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements.
In discourse more sweet,
(For Eloquence the Sound, Song charmes the sense,)
Others apart sat on a read more
In discourse more sweet,
(For Eloquence the Sound, Song charmes the sense,)
Others apart sat on a hill retir'd,
In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high
Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will and Fate,
Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute;
And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.
Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion read more
Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
I worship the quicksand he walks in.
I worship the quicksand he walks in.