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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. read more
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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 really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.
My life has been a series of emergencies.
My life has been a series of emergencies.
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.
When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you’ve got plenty to watch.
When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you’ve got plenty to watch.
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.
Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
