If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. read more

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world read more

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. -Indian saying.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than read more

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough. -Joe E. Lewis.

You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough. -Joe E. Lewis.

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.