December 2011
65 posts
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are...”
– C.S. Lewis
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the...”
– Charles Dickens
there are no ordinary people. you have never talked to a mere mortal. nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. but it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. this does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. we must play. but our merriment must be of...
“Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The time is ripe for looking back over the day, the week, the year, and trying...”
– Frederick Buechner
“Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely...”
– Oscar Wilde