It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.
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Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.
Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.
The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may read more
The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.
The best proof of love is trust.
The best proof of love is trust.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.
Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.
As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance read more
As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.
Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.
