"People are like stained -- glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within"

Ross, Elizabeth Kubler | Adversity | 3 bookmarks

"God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering."

Augustine, St. | Adversity | 3 bookmarks

"A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently."

Augustine, St. | Truth | 3 bookmarks

"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself."

Augustine, St. | Belief | 4 bookmarks

"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."

Augustine, St. | Habit | 3 bookmarks

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something. [Last words of Pancho Villa]"

Villa, Pancho | Famous Last Words | 3 bookmarks

"What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question?"

Stein, Gertrude | Famous Last Words | 6 bookmarks

"Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?"

Socrates | Famous Last Words | 2 bookmarks

"Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?"

Antoinette, Marie | Famous Last Words | 3 bookmarks

"A wounded deer leaps the highest."

Dickinson, Emily | Adversity | 13 bookmarks