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Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.
It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.
To the world you are just one persone, but to one person you could mean the world.
To the world you are just one persone, but to one person you could mean the world.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.
The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.
Being alone will never cause as much loneliness as the wrong relationship.
Being alone will never cause as much loneliness as the wrong relationship.
What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
What is forgiven is usually well remembered.
If one of us could ascend to the heavenly realm and for a few hours accompany the divine on His read more
If one of us could ascend to the heavenly realm and for a few hours accompany the divine on His daily rounds, he would see below millions of his fellow humans busily hurling themselves into the passions, sports, and action of those around him. But if our observer had the power and omniscience of the Lord, he would also feel and sense, pulsing through and vibrating from every one of us here below, a desperate and unending plea, "Notice me! I want to be known admired, and loved by the whole world!" And it is this, this glorious weakness, this dependence of ours on each other, that makes some of us usually heroes and fools at the same time.
When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.
When yer in a funk, people in love are a royal pain in the patookus.
