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It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the read more
The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.
Despair ruins some, presumption many
Despair ruins some, presumption many
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, read more
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation.
Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees
Who, hopeless, lays his dead read more
Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees
Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,
Nor looks to see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play!
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have read more
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
