The longing for paradise

“The longing for paradise is paradise itself.” 

Kahlil Gibran

The choice is with us

“The choice is with us; let us will it, & our habitation becomes a paradise. For the will of man is omnipotent, blunting the arrows of death, soothing the bed of disease, & wiping away the tears of agony. And what is each human being worth, if he do not put forth his strength to aid his fellow-creatures?”

Mary Shelley