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Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to read more
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.
Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.
Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them
Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to read more
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.
The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What read more
The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This read more
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle read more
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
I answer the heroic question "Death, where is they sting?" with "It is here in my heart and mind and read more
I answer the heroic question "Death, where is they sting?" with "It is here in my heart and mind and memories."