If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our read more

If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am.

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.

The moment giving and loving becomes more of an option than an obligation, you always tend to miss out on read more

The moment giving and loving becomes more of an option than an obligation, you always tend to miss out on the beautiful moments of life.

With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the read more

With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden and the heat
Of the long day, and wish 'twere done.
Not till the hours of light return
All we have built as we discern.

You can make whatever you want out of your life, but first you have to not be afraid to try.

You can make whatever you want out of your life, but first you have to not be afraid to try.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death