“Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling.” MenChristianIndividualEventsDependsGeniusStonesAbsolutesTreasureCertaintyOutcomesMisfortunesAbyssStepping Stones Author:Honore de Balzac
“God has made no one absolute. The rich depend on the poor, as well as the poor on the rich. The world is but a magnificent building; all the stones are gradually cemented together. No one subsists by himself.” WorldWellsMadeTogetherPoorRichBuildingDependsStonesAbsolutesMagnificent Author:Owen Feltham
“That which draws us by its mystical force; what every created thing, even the very stones, feels with absolute certainty as the center of its being... is the force of love. Christians call this "eternal blessedness." It is a necessity of man for growth and joy.” MenFeelsChristianJoyForceGrowthEternalDrawsStonesAbsolutesCertaintyMysticalChristian LoveBlessednessAbsolute Certainty Author:Gustav Mahler
“How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity.” LittlesCareUniverseCareersSunStonesAbsolutesIndependentSimplicityPassingPassingsBrownFulfillingCoatsAssociatesAutonomyCasualDecreeElementalsNever Fear Book:The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson Source: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.” YearsLongDreamRealityMightHouseSilenceDarknessDoorsConditionsWallMetsHorrorStonesAbsolutesLaysWoodsHillsFirmSaneOrganismsBricksEightyLarksDarkness Within Book:The Haunting of Hill House Source: The Haunting of Hill House
“What term do you employ when you speak of your progenitor?" I answered with the term I'd always wanted to employ. "Sonovabitch." "To his face?" she asked. "I never see his face." "He wears a mask?" "In a way, yes. Of stone. Of absolute stone.” WayWantedFacesSpeakTermStonesAbsolutesMask Book:Love Story Source: Love Story
“Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.” PowerStonesAbsolutesAnarchyStepping StonesAbsolute Power Author:Napoleon Bonaparte