La Rochefoucauld
Elizabeth Janeway
Maryland Court of Appeals
La Rochefoucauld
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Paul Tillich
Robert Louis Stevenson
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La Rochefoucauld
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Shakespeare
La Rochefoucauld
La Rochefoucauld
La Rochefoucauld
Robert Louis Stevenson
Alfred de Musset
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Samuel Johnson
John Keats
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it en kindles the great.
Author: Roger de Bussy-Rabutin

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.
Author: John Dryden

The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent from one another.
Author: The Bible

Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it.
Author: Thomas Fuller

When he is here, I sigh with pleasure — When he is gone, I sigh with grief.
Author: Gilbert and Sullivan

Absence is the enemy of love.
Author: Italian proverb

Absence doth nurse the fire, which starves and feeds desire with sweet delays.
Author: Fulke Greville

When what is love is present, love doth spring; But being absent, love lies languishing.
Author: Robert Herrick

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
Author: Samuel Johnson

Her glorious fancies come from far, Beneath the silver evening star, And yet her heart is ever near.
Author: Robert Lowell

I wish you could invent some means to make me at all happy without you. Every hour I am more and more concentrated in you; everything else tastes like chaff in my mouth.
Author: John Keats

Absence lessens mediocre passions but augments great ones, just as the wind blows out candles but starts conflagrations.
Author: La Rochefoucauld

It was not kind to leave me. Like a turtle, here alone, To droop and mourn the absence of my mate.
Author: Thomas Otway

How like a winter hath my absence been from thee? The pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezing’s have I felt, what dark days seen! What old December bareness everywhere!
Author: Shakespeare

Absences are good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

 
Love!
“Love makes the world go around.” You’ve probably heard that expression.
Does it?
Well. It’s probably the most important word in the world. From the time of Jesus Christ who preached Love to the present, it has had a profound influence on the way people think and the way they live.
Love! Powerful! Mysterious! Elusive! Puzzling! Intriguing!
Here is what the grate thinkers of the ages and prominent personalities of today say about Love. With wit and wisdom they reveal what it means to them, there experiences with it, how they handle it. (Or try to handle it!)
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Sin !
Sin? What is it?
The Dictionary says sin is “any voluntary transgression religious low or moral principal”
To most of us; sin is much simpler- it’s doing certain things that are wrong. And there are degrees of sin. There are venial sins. And there are mortal sins.
This fascinating subject of sin has intrigued thinking men and woman for centuries. What did they say about sin?
Here is their observation. We think you’ll find their thoughts stimulating. ««  Read More  »»
 
 
Success !
Success! What does it really mean? The dictionary says it means “favorable or satisfactory outcome; Achievement; Prosperity; Victory.”
Success is usually related to “Prosperity”, material success. This is the “Victory” that results in two cars, a bulging bank account, and an affluent life.
But aren’t there other kinds of lives that could be considered successful? What about the humble minister-the dedicated nurse-devoting their lives to others? Surely they must be considered successful.
Success wears many coats. It means different things to different people.
It’s really a matter of values, isn’t it?
Here are hundreds of views and opinions on success. From thinking people of yesterday and today. What success means to them. How to achieve it? How to handle it?
We hope you find their thoughts stimulating and helpful. ««  Read More  »»
 
Death !
What lies ahead? After this life is there another one? If so, what will it be like?
For centuries great thinkers have considered this question. And why not? Is there any more fundamental question, any greater mystery?
Here are hundreds of thoughts and observations on Death. We hope you find them interesting and stimulating. ««  Read More  »»

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