“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.”

English Jesuit priest and poet · 1844 – 1889

English Jesuit priest and poet whose poems were published posthumously in 1918.

Source: God’s Grandeur (1877) · ✓ Source verified

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My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my sense.

I love my past. I love my present. Im not ashamed of what Ive had, and Im not sad because I have it no longer.

The moment that is coming is about to slip away; if you can, live a whole lifetime within this passing moment.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me.