I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

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.

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or read more

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.rn

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.

Let us live then, and be glad
While young life's before us
After youthful pastime had,
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Let us live then, and be glad
While young life's before us
After youthful pastime had,
After old age had and sad,
Earth will slumber over us.
[Lat., Gaudeamus igitur,
Juvenes dum sumus
Post pucundam juventutem.
Post molestam senectutem.
Nos habetit humus.]

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. read more

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

This strange disease of modern life,
With its sick hurry, its divided aims.

This strange disease of modern life,
With its sick hurry, its divided aims.