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

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

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.

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.

Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.

Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person read more

Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is read more

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.