"If we can say with Seneca, "This life is only a prelude to eternity," then we need not worry so much over the fittings and furnishings of this ante-room; and more than that, it will give dignity and purpose to the fleeting days to know they are linked with the eternal things as prelude and preparation."

-- Minot Judson Savage

#Giving Quotes #Worry Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“But spending your life concentrating on death is like watching a whole movie and thinking only about the credits that are going to roll at the end. Itâ€™s a mistake of emphasis.”

Source : Nicholson Baker (2009). “The Anthologist: A Novel”, p.124, Simon and Schuster
“Walk through the storm fearless and strong. Follow your heart, it's all about to you.”
“From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow.”
“I would like to say, however, that a man might be walking around lucky and not know it unless he tries.”
“World War II was a must win.”
“the underlying struggle - between worlds of plenty and worlds of want; between the modern and the ancient; between those who embrace our teeming, colliding, irksome diversity, while still insisting on a set of values that binds us together, and those who would seek, under whatever flag or slogan or sacred text, a certainty and simplification that justifies cruelty toward those not like us...”
“The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has changed greatly since fossilized life began on Earth nearly 600 million years ago. In fact, there is only 1/19 as much CO2 in the air today as there was 520 million years ago. That high CO2 was hardly the recipe for disaster.”
“I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals.”

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