“Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the vivacity of earthly desires that we become superstitious; it is, on the contrary, by the sacrifice of these desires that we become religious.” DesireNextReligiousVirtueSacrificeContraryThis LifeRelatedSuperstitionsSuperstitiousFatalityVivacityEarthly Desires Author:Madame de Stael
“No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.” HumansDreamDesireNightHuman BeingsAchieveThis LifeGood Night Author:Jose Saramago
“. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we desire, we are only so much the nearer losing it; and when at a distance from it, we live in expectation of enjoying it again.” PainLife IsDesireEvilEnjoyPleasureLosingExpectationsDistancePossessionThis LifeGood And EvilPerpetualPain And Pleasure Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“It is my judgment that any man or woman can do more to conform to the laws of God in one year in this life than they could do in ten years when they are dead. The spirit can only repent and change, and then the battle has to go forward with the flesh afterwards. It is much easier to overcome and serve the Lord when both flesh and spirit are combined as one. This is the time when men are more pliable and susceptible. We will find when we are dead every desire, every feeling will be greatly intensified. When clay is pliable it is much easier to change than when it gets hard and sets.” MenYearsHardFeelingsLawSpiritDesireCan DoLordEasierBattleTenJudgmentOvercomingFleshThis LifeConformRepentClaySusceptible Author:Melvin J. Ballard