Tuesday 30 September 2014

Monday 29 September 2014

Those who have the strength and the love 
to sit with a dying patient 
in the silence that goes beyond words 
will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, 
but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.

Sunday 28 September 2014


Saturday 27 September 2014

Life is a long preparation 
for something that never happens.

Friday 26 September 2014


Thursday 25 September 2014

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Wednesday 24 September 2014


Tuesday 23 September 2014

We are to admit no more causes of natural things 
than such as are both true and sufficient 
to explain their appearances.

Monday 22 September 2014


Sunday 21 September 2014

Religions get lost as people do.

Saturday 20 September 2014

Friday 19 September 2014

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; 
it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Thursday 18 September 2014


Wednesday 17 September 2014

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, 
but of imagination.

Tuesday 16 September 2014

Monday 15 September 2014

What is wanted is not the will to believe, 
but the will to find out, 
which is the exact opposite.

Sunday 14 September 2014


Saturday 13 September 2014

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

Friday 12 September 2014


Thursday 11 September 2014

He who possesses art and science has religion; 
he who does not possess them, needs religion.

Wednesday 10 September 2014


Tuesday 9 September 2014

The merit of originality 
is not novelty; 
it is sincerity.

Monday 8 September 2014


Sunday 7 September 2014

Our duty, 
as men and women, 
is to proceed 
as if limits to our ability did not exist. 
We are collaborators in creation.

Saturday 6 September 2014


Friday 5 September 2014

Reason is not what decides love.

Thursday 4 September 2014


Wednesday 3 September 2014

The life of the dead 
is placed 
in the memory of the living.

Tuesday 2 September 2014

Monday 1 September 2014

Where the senses fail us, 
reason must step in.