Eugene O'Neill, (1888-1953), American Dramatist Quotes
Man is born broken. He lives by mending. And, the grace of God is the glue.
There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now.
The only living life is in the past and future -- the present is an interlude -- strange interlude in which we call on past and future to bear witness that we are living.
Happiness hates the timid!
The old -- like children -- talk to themselves,
for they have reached that hopeless wisdom
of experience which knows that though one
were to cry it in the streets to multitudes,
or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved,
the only ears that can ever
hear one's secrets are one's own!
For a moment I lost myself, actually lost my life. I was set free! I belonged, without past or future, within peace and unity and a wild joy, within something greater than my own life . . . to life itself. I caught a glimpse of something greater than myself.
I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame; I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price of shame; But I know that I shall find surcease, the rest my spirit craves, Where the rainbows play in the flying spray, 'Mid the keen salt kiss of the waves.
The old, like children, talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!
When men make gods, there is no God!
One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.