“ Making God a man is the consolation prize that our forefathers gave themselves for not being the ones who were each blessed with a vagina. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Other than the promise of life after death, nothing consoles the poor better than the fact that rich people are also subject to death. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed. Horace
“ In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some… Abraham Lincoln
“ Saint John, in a moment of confusion, tells us not to love the world because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,is not of the Father, but… Alberto Manguel
“ It is now an easy matter to spell out the ethic of a truth: 'Do all that you can to persevere in that which exceeds you perseverance. Persevere in the interruption. Seize in your being that which has… Alain Badiou
“ From the essay on Love, in which he describes as a wilderness experience his daily visits with his wife to a hospital 3,000 miles from home in a strange city, where someone he loves is in danger of dy… Frederick Buechner
