"Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must."

-- Samuel Beckett

#Death Quotes #Air Quotes #Dying Quotes

“I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed my life, the lives of everyone I know, all the people I'll never know. I thought about life without the sun, the moon, stars, without flowers and warm days in May. I thought about a year ago and all the good things I'd taken for granted and all the unbearable things that had replaced those simple blessings. And even though I hated the thought of crying in from of Syl, tears streamed down my face.”
“A man capable of torturing another human being, even if he's scum, feels something break in him, the most important thing that he has, his humanity, his soul if you want.”
“Theurgy is ritual magic - but magic that enacts the will of God, not of the magician. Â It brings divine energies down to earth, elevating and spiritualizing the world of matter, including the very being and substance of the participants. Â Each time the believer takes part with attention and devotion,Â he or she becomes more attuned to God.”

Source : Richard Smoley, Jay Kinney (2012). “Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions”, p.53, Quest Books
“At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will never have been more than meaningless.”
“In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.”
“I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.”
“Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has been my unremitted aim to do the best circumstances would permit; yet, I may have been very often mistaken in my judgment of the means.”
“We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own fate. On the rare occasions that it happens, we feel a sense of exhilaration...”

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