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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if read more
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror
Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.
Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.
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.
Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need read more
Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need a rest. You know what to get worked up about and what to get rid of. And you know when it's time to take care of yourself, for yourself. To do something that makes you stronger, faster, more complete. Because you know it's never too late to have a life. And never too late to change one.