The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more that you try to read more

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more that you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.

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.

Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.

Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.

Beginnings are often scary, endings are often sad, but it's the middle that counts. You should remember that when you read more

Beginnings are often scary, endings are often sad, but it's the middle that counts. You should remember that when you find yourself at the beginning.

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth read more

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.

Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.

Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. read more

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.

The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.