- Rainer Maria Rilke
Monday, February 19, 2007
The Meaning of Life
"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation."
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Amazing Grace
"A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace."
- Tennessee Williams
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