Abbey

“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. ”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.”
― Saint Augustine

“Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.”
― Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings