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Now we can cross the Shifting Sands.
L. Frank Baum1856–1919Last words, to his wife Maud (6 May 1919), as quoted in Uncovering Lives: The Uneasy Alliance of Biography and Psychology (1994) by Alan C. Elms, p. 154
One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Simone de Beauvoir1908–1986Conclusion, p. 541
- Friendship
- Love
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.
Simone de Beauvoir1908–1986The Coming of Age (1970), Pt. 2, Ch. 2: Time, activity, history, p. 412
In me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
Samuel Beckett1906–1989Molloy (1951)
There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are, and what this life is for.
Saul Bellow1915–2005Nobel Prize lecture (12 December 1976)
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The Bible (King James Version)Genesis 3:19 (KJV)In context
- Work
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed
The Bible (King James Version)Genesis 9:6 (KJV)In context
- Justice
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
The Bible (King James Version)Psalms (1611), Psalm 23:4 (KJV)In context
- Faith
- Fear
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 1:2 (KJV)In context
- Philosophy
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 1:4–5 (KJV)In context
- Nature
- Time
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 3:20 (KJV)In context
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV)In context
- God
Why seek ye the living among the dead?
The Bible (King James Version)The Gospel of Luke (1611), Luke 24:5 (KJV)In context
- Christianity
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
The Bible (King James Version)1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV)In context
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
The Bible (King James Version)1 Corinthians 15:26 (KJV)In context