“What should we do? We have no wish to interrupt the destroyer's work of saving lives... But war is war and the people being picked up out of the water are soldiers bound for the front; soldiers who are to shoot at our German brothers... The question whether we are to perish in despair or defiance, or survive all trails with a live conscience, depends wholly and solely on whether we believe in the forgiveness of sins. This 25th January was the turning point in my life, because it opened my eyes to the utter impossibility of a moral universe.” PeopleShouldBelieveWarEyeUniverseWishWaterSinMoralFrontsBrotherDependsDespairConscienceBoundsSoldierSavingTrailsImpossibilityDefianceJanuaryTurning PointsDestroyersSave A LifeForgiveness Of Sins Author:Martin Niemoller
“Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit, in a certain sense, is greater than the entire universe. Boredom is an expression of a profound despair at not finding anything that can satisfy the soul's boundless needs.” NeedsHumansSoulFactsSpiritCertainUniverseEmotionGreaterExpressionDespairFindingsProfoundBoredomSublimeHuman SpiritBoundlessHuman Emotions Author:Giacomo Leopardi
“Know that however ugly the parts appear the whole remains beautiful... ... the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man Apart from that, or else you will share man's pitiful confusions, or drown in despair when his days darken.” KnowsMenWholeBeautifulUniverseShareDivineDespairRemainsUglyConfusionWholenessPitifulDivine Beauty Book:The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers: With Selected Letters of Una Jeffers Source: The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers: With Selected Letters of Una Jeffers