Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow

Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which read more

Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater read more

We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.

Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of read more

Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of things to yield with a grace to reason and bow and accept at the end of a love or a season.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.