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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.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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.
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates read more
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.
He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.
He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.
I know not if the dark or bright
Shall be by lot;
If that wherein my hopes read more
I know not if the dark or bright
Shall be by lot;
If that wherein my hopes delight
Be best or not.
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we read more
We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.
