Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep
Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,
Even to read more

Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep
Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,
Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all
Where pity is, for pity makes the world
Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of read more

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm read more

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.

The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and
Everything . . . [is] read more

The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and
Everything . . . [is] Forty-two.

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven read more

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

You can make whatever you want out of your life, but first you have to not be afraid to try.

You can make whatever you want out of your life, but first you have to not be afraid to try.

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.