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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.
You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
You've got to keep fighting -- you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches read more
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches in it.
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your read more
My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things read more
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.
There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if read more
There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up
for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period
of barrenness.
Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.
Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.
