Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

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.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or read more

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody else down a peg or two.rn

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.

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.

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart read more

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.