The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.

All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.

If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our read more

If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.

Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway.

Don't worry about life, you're not going to survive it anyway.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. read more

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how read more

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. -Carl Sandburg.

We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life read more

We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.