“He has not lived in vain
who learns to be unruffled
by loss, by gain,
by, joy, by pain.”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) German writer
The Cherubinic Wanderer
“For joys fall not to the rich alone, nor has he lived ill, who from birth to death has passed unknown.”
Book I, epistle xvii, line 9
Epistles (c. 20 BC and 14 BC)
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Roberto Mangabeira Unger book The Self Awakened: Pragmatism Unbound
Source: The Self Awakened: Pragmatism Unbound (2007), p. 18
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Reverence for Life (1969)
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer
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The Crosswicks Journal, A Circle of Quiet (1972)
Context: When a child who has been conceived in love is born to a man and a woman, the joy of that birth sings throughout the universe. The joy of writing or painting is much the same, and the insemination comes not from the artist himself but from his relationship with those he loves, with the whole world.
All real art is, in its true sense, religious; it is a religious impulse; there is not such thing as a non-religious subject.
“Man was formed for society and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.”
William Blackstone book Commentaries on the Laws of England
Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769)
Source: Introduction, Section II: Of the Nature of Laws in General
“Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who has been surrounded by flatterers since birth.”
Stendhal book The Charterhouse of Parma
La vanité piquée peut mener loin un jeune homme riche et dès le berceau toujours environné de flatteurs.
Source: La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma) (1839), Ch. 13
Pope Francis (1936) 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
Ash Wednesday General Audience (1 March 2017), as quoted in "Pope Francis: ‘we do not go to heaven in a carriage’" at Vatican Radio (1 March 2017) http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/03/01/pope_francis_‘we_do_not_go_to_heaven_in_a_carriage’_/1295741 <br class="br">2010s, 2017 <br class="br">Context: Every step, every effort, every test, every fall and every recovery has a sense within God’s design for salvation, as He wants life – not death – and joy – not pain – for His people … This doesn’t mean that he did everything and we don’t have to do anything.
Gilles Villeneuve (1950–1982) Canadian racecar driver
Alan Henry, motorsport journalist and friend of Villeneuve - Donaldson, pp. 316-317
“From birth to death, love is the motto of every living being.”
Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author