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.

Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror

Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror

Not only is life too short, it has acne and looks geeky in gym clothes.

Not only is life too short, it has acne and looks geeky in gym clothes.

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if read more

There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of
the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up
for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period
of barrenness.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.

Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.

Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.

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.

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and read more

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.