When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must—but...
A human being is part of a whole.
Called by us “Universe”, a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest.
A kind of optical illusion of his consciousness. This delusion...
Do not believe those who try to persuade you that composition is only a cold exercise of the intellect. The only music capable of moving and touching us is that which flows from the depths of a composer’s soul when he is stirred by inspiration....
Figure it out for yourself, my lad,
You've all that the greatest of men have had,
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes,
And a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start at the top and say "I can."
Look them...
Sometimes people go through life wondering what they're here for
or who we are supposed to spend our lives with
or even what we will do when we get older.
I know I ask myself those questions all the time,
But why spend life wondering or asking...
I paused to stand and watch a man who had come to the road's divide.
My wonder soared as I watched his stare slowly shift from side to side.
He stood as if not noticing that many passed him by.
They moved without a second glance down the road most...
Death is an inevitable fate.
Someday we have to go.
You hope you did
your best in life,
but how are you to know?
It's not the model of your car
or brand of clothes you wear.
It's not some fancy, famous name,
sewn in your underwear.
It's not the...
When times are hard, you might stop for a bit,
But it's not over until the moment you quit.
On a river's bridge, failures are the planks;
Take one step at a time until you reach its banks.
Don't give up on your dreams; chase them instead;
You...
Times will get rough and sometimes tough,
Where you may say that you have had enough,
Where you may fall and need a lift,
Where the hurt of your pains may leave you stiff.
When all things may seem to go wrong,
Just pick up some faith and carry...
When I was attending mass today in light of Easter, I saw a beautiful symbolic gesture, where a fire taken from a single brazier with a candle is spread across the room, each person offering up their candle to light up another’s. The whole...
I'm on my way.
They may ask me, "Where to?"
Well, that I cannot say...
For even I have no clue.
I know it's rather far,
For it has to make me whole.
The road to the stars,
The path to my soul.
I must go alone,
But I'll miss you all, believe me....
Could there be a world of caring?
Offering our goodwill and sharing
Makes this world a finer place.
Pitying the broken of our race
Allows our hearts to understand.
Steady courage makes us stand
Strong against cruel human hate.
Inspiring others...
Sure, this world is full of trouble
I ain't said it ain't.
Lord, I've had enough and double
Reason for complaint;
Rain and storm have come to fret me,
Skies are often gray;
Thorns and brambles have beset me
On the road — but...
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley — but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;...
On our life's journey we all make mistakes but time ticks on fast
And why worry about what might have been since we cannot change the past
Though some of us our past mistakes known to repeat again
Some lessons of life we should have learned with...