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O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once!
To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!
Vile read more
O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once!
To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!
Vile earth, to earth resign; end motion here,
And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a read more
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, read more
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
It becomes no man to nurse despair, but, in the teeth of clenched antagonisms, to follow up the worthiest till read more
It becomes no man to nurse despair, but, in the teeth of clenched antagonisms, to follow up the worthiest till he die.
The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the read more
The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
Survival is nothing more than recovery.
Survival is nothing more than recovery.
