If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent,… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Few and signally blessed are those whom Jupiter has destined to be cabbage-planters. For they've always one foot on the ground andthe… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
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As we know, our own mother bore us only into pain and dying. But our true mother, Jesus, who is all love,… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter of the… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a long path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment; every… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“the Church of Rome, formerly the most holy of all Churches, has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Yet in another and still more definite sense despair is the sickness unto death. It is indeed very far from being true… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Spirituality is that attitude which puts life at the center, and defends and promotes life against all the mechanisms of death, desiccation,… — Leonardo Boff Copy Share Image
The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Do you who are a Christian desire to be revenged and vindicated, and the death of Jesus Christ has not yet been… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Social media reactions to celebrity death have taken on a predictable pattern: an outpouring of shock with expressions of grief, followed by… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
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Try as much as you can to mention death. For if you were having hard times in your life, then it would… — Umar Copy Share Image
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“I pledge to you, bond-mates,” he said in a low, serious voice. “I pledge my time, talents, and my treasure…my love and… — Evangeline Anderson Copy Share Image
“There it lay, fixed in future time, preceding death as surely as 99 precedes 100. One could not avoid it, but one… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“In the final analysis, poverty means death: lack of food and housing, the inability to attend properly to health and education needs,… — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
“Life is flinching in the midst of breathing, gasping at the thought of dying. It’s climbing ropeless up sheer rock faces, groping… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
Perhaps the old view of 'Me breadwinner, you hausfrau' worked for our grandparents, when people obligingly popped off before boring each other… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
God is not pleased man It's clear that His standards missed The world is running rampant with sin,it's an abandonment Man is… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
God knows we have our own demons to be cast out, our own uncleanness to be cleansed. Neurotic anxiety happens to be… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“The accident was terrifying,” she recalled, pensive. “They say your life flashes before your eyes when you are on the brink of… — Alexis Lawrence Copy Share Image
“At the point where he, today's Ivan Ilyich, began to emerge, all the pleasures that had seemed so real melted away now… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“In my carpet bag are the mushrooms that I gathered in the woods. With two fingers I pick up a piece and… — Peter H. Fogtdal Copy Share Image
There's a clock on the wall and it's measuring down The time you have left til you're dust on the ground The… — Christine Anderson Copy Share Image
“Birth and Death are words we chose to describe the doorways in and out of a cycle. This cycle is connected to… — Franklin Gillette Copy Share Image
The Impartial Friend: Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
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