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LIFE & LIVING







A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Charles Darwin





All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Ralph Waldo Emerson


All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
Henry Ellis




Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Anton Chekhov


Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William James




But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
 Umberto Eco


Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha




Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
William Wallace

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Everything in life is luck.
Donald Trump





Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.
Karen Horney


God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
Garrison Keillor



He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Friedrich Nietzsche



Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
Richard Bach



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.
E. B. White


I love life because what more is there.
Anthony Hopkins




I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth




I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
John Burroughs


I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.
Charles M. Schulz
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