“The whole value of solitude depends upon oneself; it may be a sanctuary or a prison, a haven of repose or a place of punishment, a heaven or a hell, as we ourselves make it.”
John Lubbock
Peace and Happiness
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries. Everywhere else we may be bound by laws and conventions—there we have none.”
Virginia Woolf
The Second Common Reader
“You might even provide a Heaven for them. We need You for that. Hell we can make for ourselves.”
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale
“Our opinion of people depends less upon what we see in them, than upon what they make us see in ourselves”
Sarah Grand
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
John Milton
“In Christ Jesus, we all start on a level playing field. What we make of ourselves in the Christian race depends entirely upon us.”
Pedro Okoro
Crushing the Devil: Your Guide to Spiritual Warfare and Victory In Christ