Thought-of-the-Day

"Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore."
Cecil Beaton

Tears

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-189

Meaning of life?

A timely reminder to all of us who like collecting books!

Meaning of life?
Collecting books? No, read them!
Reading them? No, think about!
Thinking about? No, do something for God and for your neighbour!
—Karl Barth, Basle, 2.11.1954

Useless to resist

"A dying man needs to die as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist."
Stewart Alsop

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries