We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. read more

We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.

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.

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'.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too read more

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

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.

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.

We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life read more

We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.