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.

Life can only be understood back- wards; but it must be lived forwards.

Life can only be understood back- wards; but it must be lived forwards.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell read more

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

We are the voices of the wandering wind,
Which moan for rest and rest can never find;
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We are the voices of the wandering wind,
Which moan for rest and rest can never find;
Lo! as the wind is so is mortal life,
A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife.

All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.

All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.