From William Blake: “Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.”
Tag Archives: life
Quote of the day 12/14/24
From Friedrich Nietzsche: “You tell me: ‘Life is hard to bear.’ But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening?”
Quote of the day 11/17/24
From Gaston Bachelard: “Daydreams transport the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that bears the mark of infinity.”
Quote of the day 11/04/24
From Heraclitus: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”
Quote of the day 11/03/24
From Plutarch: “The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.”
Quote of the day 10/30/24
From Plutarch: “Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.”
Quote of the day 10/28/24
From Plutarch: “To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
Quote of the day 10/24/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “And so when the whole man will be outside himself, and happy for no reason except that he is so outside himself, he will enjoy some of the ineffable share in the supreme good which draws everything into itself.”
Quote of the day 10/20/24
From Homer: “Each man delights in the work that suits him best.”
Quote of the day 10/19/24
From Homer: “A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.”