Sunday Dispatch.595
Sunday Dispatch.595
We must cast ourselves into the depths, if we want to catch something, and if at
times we must work throughout the night without catching anything, it is good not
to give in, but to cast the net again in the morning.
So let us go quietly on, each on his own road, going toward the light, "sursum
corda"[lift up the heart], and those who know that we are what others are and
that others are what we are and that it is a good thing to love one another; namely
in the best way, believing all things and hoping all things and enduring all things,
perishing nevermore.
And not grieving too much if we have imperfections, for he who has none has, after
all, one-namely that of not having any-and he who thinkshimeslf wise in every way
would do well to start being foolish all over again.
Nous sommes aujourd'bui ce que nous etions hier, namely "honest men," men
who must be tried in the fire of life to become strengthened within, and be, by
the Grace of God, what they are by nature.
So be it with us, and may you have blessings on your way, and God be with you
in all things and make you succeed, that is the wish, with a warm handshake on
your deparure.
Your loving brother, Vincent
~Selected from the Complete Letters of Vincent van Gough, from a letter to
his brother Leo