Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven read more

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.

Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the read more

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal likings.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal likings.

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.