Desire joy and thank God for it. Renounce it, if need be, for other's sake. That's joy beyond joy.
Robert BrowningParacelsus At times I almost dream I too have spent a life the sagesโ way, And tread once more familiar paths. Perchance I perished in an arrogant self-reliance Ages ago; and in that act a prayer For one more chance went up so earnest, so Instinct with better light let in by death, That life was blotted out โ not so completely But scattered wrecks enough of it remain, Dim memories, as now, when once more seems The goal in sight again.
Robert BrowningWe find great things are made of little things, And little things go lessening till at last Comes God behind them.
Robert Browning