For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there read more

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -Fr. Alfred D'Souza.

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world read more

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in read more

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to read more

I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

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!]

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss read more

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.

Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.

Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. read more

Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet. Cherish them.