Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight read more

Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.

Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
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Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
Toil without recompense--tears all in vain,
Take them and give me my childhood again.
I have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not read more

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

Punctuality is the thief of time.

Punctuality is the thief of time.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.

It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is read more

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.