The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is the example of the external seductiveness of life.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is the example of the external seductiveness of life.

Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then read more

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanisms of the universe.

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanisms of the universe.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is one long process of getting tired.

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven read more

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

As a mortal, thou must nourish each of two forebodings--that
tomorrow's sunlight will be the last that thou shalt read more

As a mortal, thou must nourish each of two forebodings--that
tomorrow's sunlight will be the last that thou shalt see; and
that for fifty years wilt live out thy life in ample wealth.