When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a read more

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Mankind makes living contradictory.

Mankind makes living contradictory.

Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your read more

Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.

Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.

Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

Life is a series of little deaths out of which life always returns.

Life is a series of little deaths out of which life always returns.

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life read more

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.