Random Quotes
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How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other!Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 19
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.Thomas Paine, Common Sense
I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.Robert Burns
I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings
No, it is remrable that everest did not yield to the first few attempts; it would have been suprising and not a little sad if it had, for that is not the way of great mountains.Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air
We never learn to pray, really pray- until we are in a situatioin where there is nothing left to do but pray.Victoria Damon
Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or justice to our enemies, justice will be done.George W. Bush
Do you want to know the secret of pain? If you just stop feeling it, you can start to use it.Robert Englund
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives -- and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!John Burroughs, Birds and Poets, 1887
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!William Blake