Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.
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Anand Thakur
Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.
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Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
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Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
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If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
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It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
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The old must always make way for the new, and one thing must be built out of the ruins of another. There is no murky pit of hell awaiting anyone.
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Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.
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Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.
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It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
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What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
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Meantime, when once we know from nothing still Nothing can be create, we shall divine More clearly what we seek: those elements From which alone all things created are, And how accomplished by no tool of Gods.
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Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.
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