A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what read more

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Sometimes the sanest thing to do is just wallow in the misery for a while. Then climb out, grab a read more

Sometimes the sanest thing to do is just wallow in the misery for a while. Then climb out, grab a towel, dry off, and go about living.

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any read more

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry, because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the living.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the living.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold read more

To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go