Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.
Mark TwainTags: wisdom life happiness inspiration
....it is of the very essence of Christianity to face suffering and death not because they are good, not because they have meaning, but because the resurrection of Jesus has robbed them of their meaning.
Thomas MertonTags: wisdom
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.
Matsuo BashōTags: wisdom
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
ConfuciusTags: wisdom
We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: wisdom
I am quite a wise old bird, but I am no desert hermit who can only prophesy when his guts are knotted with hunger. I am deep in the old man’s puzzle, trying to link the wisdom of the body with the wisdom of the spirit until the two are one.
Robertson DaviesTags: wisdom fate life-and-death
Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: wisdom
Never laugh at live dragons.
J.R.R. TolkienI think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it.
Charles M. SchulzDeath is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.
Helen KellerTags: wisdom inspirational death faith blindness
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