Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares, and the slavery of Home, man feels once more happy. The blood flows with the fast circulation …
The importance of words
From "Anthem: the possibility of evolution or the evolution of possibility" by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers Human evolution began in this corner of the earth, our ancestors left their dust as chromosomes in each of us, they made a home, and hominids stood up as humans and walked, languages fell out of our mouths and …
Too often we are left empty, lacking, but the past is always buried by time, and every emptiness eventually fills with some sort of substance.
Anonymous
Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice; But for those who love Time is Eternity.
Just a thought
"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." -Ralph Waldo Emerson It always fascinates me to think about how I …
A Dumbledore quote
"Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it." -Albus Dumbledore