For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there read more

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. -Fr. Alfred D'Souza.

We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals read more

We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment. -Aaron Antonovsky.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo read more

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. -Crowfoot.

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only read more

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.