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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
When life life does not find a singer to sing her heat, she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.
When life life does not find a singer to sing her heat, she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made read more
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. read more
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there read more
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -Fr. Alfred D'Souza.
