Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride read more

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"

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.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the read more

The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb.
Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and
fears.
Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
But limns the water, or but writes in dust.