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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.
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it read more
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be! -Miguel de Cervantes.
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.
The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world. -B. C. Forbes.
The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world. -B. C. Forbes.
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - read more
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, read more
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.
Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its read more
Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
