“I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind: Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned. … Continue reading Dirge Without Music
Quotes
The Unexamined…
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” ―Socrates
Those Who Love Much…
“Those who love much, do much and accomplish much, and whatever is done with love is done well.... Love is the best and noblest thing in the human heart, especially when it is tested by life as gold is tested by fire. Happy is he who has loved much, and although he may have wavered … Continue reading Those Who Love Much…
Never Say You Can’t Do Something…
“Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. We are each the masters of our own reality; when we … Continue reading Never Say You Can’t Do Something…
The Greater The Artist…
“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." ―Robert Hughes
Experience Has Taught Me…
“Experience has taught me that what you love, you should love all the harder because someday it will be gone.” ―Ronan O'Brien
Starting Over Is An Acceptance…
“Starting over is an acceptance of a past we can’t change, an unrelenting conviction that the future can be different, and the stubborn wisdom to use the past to make the future what the past was not.” ―Craig D. Lounsbrough
Learn To Love Someone…
“Learn to love someone when they least deserve it, because that is when they need your love most.” ―Rodolfo Costa
To Make A Better Person Of A Good One
“Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has … Continue reading To Make A Better Person Of A Good One
Though I Am Often…
“Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven towards these things with an irresistible momentum.” ―Vincent van Gogh
