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Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.
The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.
All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.
All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.
I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.
I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.
A tragey means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.
A tragey means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.
We are the voices of the wandering wind,
Which moan for rest and rest can never find;
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We are the voices of the wandering wind,
Which moan for rest and rest can never find;
Lo! as the wind is so is mortal life,
A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife.
