Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves read more

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves let you do.

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.

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world read more

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. -Indian saying.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.

I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.

Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.

Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.

We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and
that is death!
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We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and
that is death!
[Fr., On entre, on crie,
Et c'est la vie!
On baille, on sort,
Et c'est la mort!]