Jischmidt

“I have always found that actively loving
saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”
― Alan Paton

“If life is good then death must be bad is the way most people think, but this isn't really so. I am not for a moment trying to make sense of the death of a child or anyone who has not been granted his or her full measure of life. But generally speaking, is more really better or is there something about death that defines the essence of life itself?”
― Steve Leder, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

“If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.”
― Winslow Homer, The Watercolors of Winslow Homer

“I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi. For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.”
― Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country