living

living

Everything in moderation, including moderation.
Live to the point of tears.
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised. The Power of Positive Thinking
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine
Haven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem Veronika Decides to Die
Cogito ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.)
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Don't count the days, make the days count.
Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time. The Power of Myth
I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly.
The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living. Cicero: Philippics: v. 15
One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.