The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more that you try to read more

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more that you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.

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.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to read more

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.

You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.

And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a read more

And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.

All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.