~~~~~Quote~~~~~
Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].
Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.
Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.
This has been my life; I found it worth living.
AdaptedTHERE ARE MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE THAT MAKE YOU AND SET THE COURSE OF WHO YOUR GOING TO BE, SOMETIMES THEIR LITTLE SUBTLE MOMENTS, SOMETIMES THEIR BIG MOMENTS YOU NEVER SAW COMING, NO ONE ASKS FOR THEIR LIFE TO CHANGE, BUT IT DOES. ITS WHAT YOU DO AFTERWARDS THAT COUNTS THAT WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE.
Myspace Layouts
