All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of read more

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his 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.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people read more

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. -George Bernard Shaw.

I know not if the dark or bright
Shall be by lot;
If that wherein my hopes read more

I know not if the dark or bright
Shall be by lot;
If that wherein my hopes delight
Be best or not.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for read more

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as read more

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon. -Horace.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how read more

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. -Carl Sandburg.

Life is like an onion. Why is life like an onion? Because you peel away layer after layer and when read more

Life is like an onion. Why is life like an onion? Because you peel away layer after layer and when you come to the end you have nothing.