Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or read more

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.rn

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as read more

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon. -Horace.

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath read more

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.

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.

You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.

You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

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.

I know not if the dark or bright
Shall be by lot;
If that wherein my hopes read more

I know not if the dark or bright
Shall be by lot;
If that wherein my hopes delight
Be best or not.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.