Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because read more

Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches read more

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches in it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.

It's a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome.

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.

Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its read more

Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

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.