H. G. Wells book The War of the Worlds
Book I, Ch. 7: How I Reached Home
The War of the Worlds (1898)
"Comfort".
H. G. Wells book The War of the Worlds
Book I, Ch. 7: How I Reached Home
The War of the Worlds (1898)
Jin Shengtan (1610–1661) Chinese writer
"Thirty-three Happy Moments"
“Pain lies above, not below. And they all think that pain is below. And they all want to rise.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
El dolor está arriba, no abajo. Y todos creen que el dolor está abajo. Y todos quieren subir.
Voces (1943)
Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) actor, director, producer, screenwriter
On joining the Unitarian Universalist Association, in an interview with Reader's Digest (October 2004) http://www.adherents.com/people/pr/Christopher_Reeve.html <br class="br">Context: It gives me a moral compass. I often refer to Abe Lincoln, who said, "When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion." I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do. The Unitarian believes that God is good, and believes that God believes that man is good. Inherently. The Unitarian God is not a God of vengeance. And that is something I can appreciate.
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
" The Need of Being Versed in Country Things http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/need-of-being-versed-in-country-things-the/" <br class="br">1920s
“From every joy and pain a hope leaps out eternally to escape this pain and to widen joy.”
Nikos Kazantzakis book The Saviors of God
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: From every joy and pain a hope leaps out eternally to escape this pain and to widen joy.
And again the ascent begins — which is pain — and joy is reborn and new hope springs up once more. The circle never closes. It is not a circle, but a spiral which ascends eternally, ever widening, enfolding and unfolding the triune struggle.