"You got three choices in life: be good, get good, or give up." (Gregory House, MD)

"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: it is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak." (Thomas Carlyle)

Early photos of Greece

Two of my favorite things - photography and Greece - are featured on this website, which displays a number of photographs from the early 20th century collection by the "philhellene photographer" Fred Boissonnas.

It's hard to pick a favorite, but I found this one to be one of the most moving. From 1913, it depicts a priest seated in a war-ravaged church:

I also love this one, of Mr. Boissonnas ascending Meteora in a net, which was traditional in the old days: