Quote on lies

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But what do I care? Don't lies eventually lead to the truth? And don't all my stories, true or false, tend toward the same conclusion? Don't they all have the same meaning? So what does it matter whether they are true or false if, in both cases, they are significant of what I have been and what I am? Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

~ Albert Camus

Quote on lies

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But what do I care? Don't lies eventually lead to the truth? And don't all my stories, true or false, tend toward the same conclusion? Don't they all have the same meaning? So what does it matter whether they are true or false if, in both cases, they are significant of what I have been and what I am? Sometimes it is easier to see clearly into the liar than into the man who tells the truth. Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

~ Albert Camus

Happiness

Like you, I have met many

who do not make us smile;

they make you feel like life on Earth

never was worthwhile;

as though the Cosmic task had now

failed in its course

or moved to another project

with less to give remorse.

So many seeking happiness,

yet know not where to look;

and if not found amid the world

they settle for a book !

But who, amid such dismal throng,

give an ounce away,

of the thing which they are seeking

for themselves that day ?

It is quite true that happiness

is not quite what life's about,

but it is an essential quality

which is hard to be without.

But neither is it difficult

to create it by your will;

and to give... it costs you nothing!

And if YOU don't... who then will?

part two

But then again, once in a while,

a passing face will beam,

like the innocence of childhood;

the answer to a dream.

For Man on Earth to be Divine

he does not become a god,

nor the power of creation,

nor waves a magic rod.

To be Divine he simply lives

and emits the spark within;

the spark of Nous Eternal,

which came to Earth with him.

But that, of course, IS MAGIC;

that you can make folk smile,

by bringing forth within you

to make this world worthwhile.

It is quite true that Earthly forms

can give such thing away;

but how much more if conscious minds

did as much each day?

And surely, I would ask you,

that a conscious mind can do

what a Tree, or Sunset,

can ever come to do!

~ Dick Richardson

_______________________________

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought of the unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in the hearts you encounter. ~ Albert Camus

Happiness

Like you, I have met many

who do not make us smile;

they make you feel like life on Earth

never was worthwhile;

as though the Cosmic task had now

failed in its course

or moved to another project

with less to give remorse.

So many seeking happiness,

yet know not where to look;

and if not found amid the world

they settle for a book !

But who, amid such dismal throng,

give an ounce away,

of the thing which they are seeking

for themselves that day ?

It is quite true that happiness

is not quite what life's about,

but it is an essential quality

which is hard to be without.

But neither is it difficult

to create it by your will;

and to give... it costs you nothing!

And if YOU don't... who then will?

part two

But then again, once in a while,

a passing face will beam,

like the innocence of childhood;

the answer to a dream.

For Man on Earth to be Divine

he does not become a god,

nor the power of creation,

nor waves a magic rod.

To be Divine he simply lives

and emits the spark within;

the spark of Nous Eternal,

which came to Earth with him.

But that, of course, IS MAGIC;

that you can make folk smile,

by bringing forth within you

to make this world worthwhile.

It is quite true that Earthly forms

can give such thing away;

but how much more if conscious minds

did as much each day?

And surely, I would ask you,

that a conscious mind can do

what a Tree, or Sunset,

can ever come to do!

~ Dick Richardson

_______________________________

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought of the unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in the hearts you encounter. ~ Albert Camus

Quote on strength

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In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.

I realized, through all that, that…

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against, me, within me, there’s something stronger—something better, pushing right back.  

~ Albert Camus

Quote on strength

Source: Facebook

In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.

I realized, through all that, that…

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against, me, within me, there’s something stronger—something better, pushing right back.  

~ Albert Camus

Quote on autumn

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Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower. - Albert Camus

Quote on autumn

Photo credit: DTL from morguefile.com

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower. - Albert Camus