Howard Brooks

“Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. Although, in daily life, we do not always distinguish these words, we should do so consistently and thus deepen our understanding of our human predicament.”
― Paul Tillich, The Eternal Now

“Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.”
― Anonymous

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”
― Mark Twain

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus