Human history is the long terrible story of a man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)
Simone Weil Quote – “Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.”
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Simone Weil Quote – “We do not have to understand new things…”
We do not have to understand new things, but by dint of patience, effort and method to come to understand with our whole self the truths which are evident. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Simone Weil Quote – “Attention alone, that attention which is so full that…”
Attention alone — that attention which is so full that the ‘I’ disappears — is required of me. I have to deprive all that I call ‘I’ of the light of my attention and turn it on to that which cannot be conceived. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Walt Whitman Quote – “And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality…”
And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me… And as to you Corpse I think you are good manure, but that does not offend me, I smell the white roses sweet-scented and growing, I reach to the leafy lips, I reach to the polish’d breasts of melons. And as […]
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Life is a dream…”
Life is a dream. Death is an awakening. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
C. S. Lewis Quote – “I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures…”
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Like madness is the glory of this life.”
Like madness is the glory of this life. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Marcus Aurelius Quote – “Inquire of yourself as soon as you awaken from sleep…”
Inquire of yourself as soon as you awaken from sleep whether it will make any difference to you, if another does or does not do what is just and right. It will make no difference. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “The fulfillment of Christ’s teaching consists in…”
The fulfillment of Christ’s teaching consists in moving away from self toward God. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
