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“We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces of war, terrorism, and political chaos that...”
“Prate not to me of suicide, Faint heart in battle, not for pride I say Endure, but that such end denied Makes welcomer yet the death that's to be died.”
“The candle glimmers but an hour. The nightLooms in its ancient hunger. Would you knowThe tragedy of human love and need?Gaze on the stars, then on a brother's face!”
“You cannot choose your battlefield,God does that for you;But you can plant a standardWhere a standard never”
“But the old man would not so, but slew his son,And half the seed of Europe, one by one.”
“for every mile the feet gothe heart goes nine”
“A Short TestamentWhatever harm I may have doneIn all my life in all your wide creationIf I cannot repair itI beg you to repair it,And then there are all the wounded The poor the deaf the lonely and...”
“And fragile is thy tenure of this worldStill haunted by the monstrous ghost of God.("To Science")”
“Nowadays some people have becomeintimate with thoughtsbut unfriendly with the heartThey have become a clueless eyethat does not see itself”
“Love is the true state of the human heart. When we love, we unguard our hearts. We open ourselves up to the world with- out any restraint. When passion flows, desires stir, our earthy senses become...”
“Poetry contains few words but tells much. Its beauty is that by being condensed it is rich in meaning and open to various interpretations. Unlike prose, there is no boundary to poetry. There is not...”
“mischief, arises not from our living in the world, but from the world living in us; occupying our hearts, and monopolizing our affections.”
“....there are moments in life worth living for. Spring Walking is one of them; my mind frozen in the moment, changed perception of time, augmented sense satisfaction and happiness, my heart filled ...”
“Time does not heal old wounds. New ones do.”
“The guns reminded me that this was just an attempt to punch holes in the darkness that enveloped us now.”
“Through the dense din, I say, we heard him shout"I see your lights!" But ours had long died out.”
“They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.”
“Be sure that head and heart were laidIn wisdom down, content to die.Be sure he faced the Starless SkyUnduped, unmurmuring, unafraid.(The Passing of Bierce)”
“You shall not hear their mirth:You shall not come to think them well contentBy any jest of mine. These men are worthYour tears:You are not worth their merriment.”
“If water won't smother the blazeFather, take my tears and bestow them on the firesee if the fires will wither.”
