“But if, indeed, there be a nobler life in us than in these strangely moving atoms; if, indeed, there is an eternal difference between the fire which inhabits them, and that which animates us,--it must be shown, by each of us in his appointed place, not merely in the patience, but in the activity of our hope, not merely by our desire, but our labor, for the time when the dust of the generations of men shall be confirmed for foundations of the gates of the city of God.” IfsMenMovingDesireDifferencesCitiesFireGenerationsActivityEternalLaborFoundationDustGatesAtomsCity Of God Book:The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation Source: The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation
“Lastly, the ashes left behind, May daily show to move the mind, That to ashes and dust return we must: Then think, and drink tobacco.” ThinkingMindMayShowsMovingLeftBehindsReturnDrinkDustAshesLeft BehindTobaccoDaily Show Author:George Wither