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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'.
Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but read more
Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information. -Kurt Vonnegut.
The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the read more
The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.
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.
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies read more
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.
It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if read more
There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up
for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period
of barrenness.
