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Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.
Worthy books Are not companions – they are solitudes: We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
My age fallen away like white swaddling Floats in the middle distance, becomes An inhabited cloud.
It becomes still more difficult to find Words at once true and kind, Or not untrue and not unkind.
Truth is the ground of science, the centre wherein all things repose, and is the type of eternity.
It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction
In the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm.
My guitar, I sing of thee 'Tis with thee that I decoy And ensnare enchantingly the ladies I enjoy.
I don't remember ever dressing up for Halloween but I must have. I do not like dressing up at all.
The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that by seeing nothing it might avoid Truth.
It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
I don't want to coexist. I want to exist as a human being. And justice will take care of the rest.
With my teethI have seized lifeUpon the knife of my youth.With my lips today,With my lips alone...
What I still ask for daily-for life as long as I have work to do, and work as long as I have life.
I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.
Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.
If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.
You never know what life means till you die; even throughout life, tis death that makes life live.
Desire joy and thank God for it. Renounce it, if need be, for other's sake. That's joy beyond joy.
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.
In my conscience, I believe that my heart has been so oft on fire that it is absolutely vitrified.
Bounds should be set To ingenuity for being so cruel In bringing change unheralded on the unready.
Lovers, forget your love And list to the love of these She a window flower And he a winter breeze.
Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old.
The world is absolutely out of control now and is not going to be saved by any reason or unreason.
Happy it were for us all if we bore prosperity as well and as wisely as we endure adverse fortune.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Pale sunlight, pale the wall. Love moves away. The light changes I need more grace than I thought.
Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love
All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.
You don't see your own face, your own beauty Yet, no face is more beautiful than yours.......... .
I saw many humans on whom there were no clothes. I saw many clothes in which there were no humans.
Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself.
Even though you're not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord.
When we talk about GOD, we’re like a school of fish, discussing the possible existence of the sea.
I am a drunkard from another kind of tavern. I dance to a silent tune. I am the symphony of stars.
All the world Loves You, but You are nowhere to be found, Hidden and yet . . . completely obvious!
What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of your love, that somehow contains the entire universe.
Listen, open a window to God and begin to delight yourself by gazing upon Him through the opening.
Be certain that in the religion of Love there are no believers and unbelievers. LOVE embraces all.
The fluteplayer puts breath into a flute, and who makes the music? Not the flute. The Fluteplayer!
There are thousands of wines that can take over our minds. Don't think all ecstasies are the same!
The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
Yet, behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak.
Whoever recounts to you the faults of your neighbour will doubtless expose your defects to others.
The touchstone of false friends is the day of need: by way of proof, ask a loan from your friends.
Formerly, people used to grieve over the departed, but in our days they grieve over the survivors.
In this market every head has a different fancy: everyone winds his turban in a different fashion.