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Loss and possession, Death and life are one. There falls no shadow where There shines no sun.
Loss and possession, Death and life are one. There falls no shadow where There shines no sun.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people read more
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.
Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.
There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death, there's brain death, and there's being off the read more
There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death, there's brain death, and there's being off the network.
I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going read more
I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But in my heart, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is read more
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the read more
The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.
In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught read more
In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught is liable to choke one, here one never receives a favour until he loses another instead, here every additional day in one's life is a day reduced from the total span of his existence, when death is the natural outcome of life, how can we expect immortality?