Sunset

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change,
and all patterns alter.
~Sharon Salzberg

The purpose of life

The purpose of life is to live it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and
without fear for newer and richer experience.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962)

Gate

Life is full of obstacle illusions.
~Grant Frazier

Troubles

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles."
~Charlie Chaplin

Doing something nice

Real generosity is doing something nice
for someone who will never find out.
~Frank A. Clark

Hearts Desire

Some prices are just too high,
no matter how much you may want the prize.
The one thing you can't trade
for your heart's desire is your heart.

~Lois McMaster Bujold,
"Memory"
1996 US science fiction author

Reverence for Life

Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental
principle of morality,
namely, that good consists in maintaining,
assisting, and enhancing life and
that to destroy, harm, or to hinder life is evil.
Affirmation of the world -- that is affirmation
of the will to live,
which appears in phenomenal forms all around me -- is only possible for me in that
I give myself out for other life.

~Albert Schweitzer

Shifting sand

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.
`Sharon Salzberg

Footprints

The footprints you leave behind will influence others. There is no person who at some time, somewhere, somehow, does not lead another.
~unknown

Inner wisdom

Like an ability or a muscle, hearing your inner wisdom is strengthened by doing it.
~Robbie Gass

Learning

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
~Abigail Adams, 1780
US wife of John Adams 1764 (1744 - 1818)

Think of life

Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
~Anna Quindlen
A Short Guide to a Happy Life, 2000
(1953 - )

Looking forward

No matter how old you are,
there's always something good to look forward to.
~Lynn Johnston,
For Better or For Worse, 01-04-04
Canadian cartoonist (1947 - )