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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater read more
We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could.
Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.
Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow.
Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.
Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.
One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.
One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.
Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.
Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.
Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love read more
Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love him, it's when he loves another girl but you still smile and say I'm happy for you, when all you really do is cry.
Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which read more
Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and read more
Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and acceptance