“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth.”
Archive for May, 2007
Albert Einstein.
Posted in rare photo, science on 31/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Posted in literature, words of love on 30/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
“So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.”
Love Letter. Ludwig von Beethoven.
Posted in famous love letters, music, words of love on 24/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
July 6, 1806
My angel, my all, my very self — only a few words today and at that with your pencil — not till tomorrow will my lodgings be definitely determined upon — what a useless waste of time. Why this deep sorrow where necessity speaks — can our love endure except through sacrifices — [...]
Otto von Bismarck.
Posted in political figures on 23/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others’ experience.
I have never lived on principles. When I have had to act, I never first asked myself on what principles I was going to act, but I went at it and did what I thought fit. I have often reproached myself for [...]
Charles Dickens.
Posted in literature on 23/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it [...]
Rabindranath Tagore.
Posted in philosopher, poet on 20/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
This words of Rabindranath Tagore is worth remembering. Sometimes I say to myself: stop standing, do what you planed! And what do you think? It helps me.
Anyway I love Rabindranath Tagore very much and I return to his work to re-read oftenly.
This [...]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Posted in religious figures on 20/05/2007 | Leave a Comment »
“To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other [...]
