Posted by: Luca Bianchini
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
You can't see properly but with the heart. Essential things are invisible to the eyes.
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You can't see properly but with the heart. Essential things are invisible to the eyes.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Hitch your wagon to a star.
An invasion of armies can be resisted but not an idea whose time has come.
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
He who thinks little errs much.
Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.
There are things that people who travel the world on two feet can't understand. They believe that one can only see through the eyes. And they believe that distances may only be overcome by steps.
Worry more about your conscience than your reputation.
Because you are your conscience, your reputiation is waht others think of you. And what others think of you is their problem.
Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.