Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.
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The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in read more
The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. read more
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save
A life which valour could not, from the grave.
A better buckler I can soon regain,
But who can get another life again?
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things read more
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.
Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.
Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.
Don't try to control the uncontrollable and don't freak when life happens, just pick everything up and keep on going!
Don't try to control the uncontrollable and don't freak when life happens, just pick everything up and keep on going!
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my read more
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
