With renunciation life begins.
From Amelia Barr
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.
Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.
The great difference between voyages rests not with the ships, but with the people you meet on them.
There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.
All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.
But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?
Old age is the verdict of life.
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.
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