Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanisms of the universe.

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanisms of the universe.

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle read more

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. -Samuel Ullman.

Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

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.

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.

The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good read more

The longer I live, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us.