Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is read more

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - read more

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning read more

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.

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

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

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people read more

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. -George Bernard Shaw.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

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'.