I am living in hell from one day to the next. But there is nothing I can do to escape. I don"t know where I would go if I did. I feel utterly powerless, and that feeling is my prision. I entered of my own free will, I locked the door, and I threw away the key.

If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. read more

• Thought Thing Free Good Also Bad What Made Evil Possible Did God Give Them Though Makes Any Love Goodness Joy Worth Having

The good man is the friend of all living things. read more

• Thought Good Man Friend Living Things

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken. read more

• Thought Imagines Do Without World Deceives Himself Much Fancies Cannot Still More Mistaken

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. read more

• Thought Love Canvas Furnished by Nature Embroidered Imagination

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The scars you share become lighthouses for other people who are headed to the same rocks you hit. read more

• Thought Scars Share Become Lighthouses for People Headed Same Rocks Hit

Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they"re watching me. read more

• Thought Beautiful Though Stars Like Trees Forest Alive Breathing They Watching

People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love. read more

• Thought People Fall Love Without Reason Even Wanting Predict

Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time. read more

• Thought Taking Crazy Things Seriously Serious Waste Time

In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. read more

• Thought Long Distance Running Opponent Beat Way Used

I was living for one thing only, and that was to confirm my own lack of feeling. read more

• Thought Living for Thing Confirm Own Lack Feeling