The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm read more

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.

Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.

Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, read more

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Life is an uncharted ocean. The cautious mariner must needs take
Many soundings ere he conduct his barque to read more

Life is an uncharted ocean. The cautious mariner must needs take
Many soundings ere he conduct his barque to port in safety.

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own read more

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.