Life

Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil--it seizes up. --Romano Guardini

Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. --Dag Hammarskjold

Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward. --Sören Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855); Danish philosopher.

We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us.

Stay Hungry

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ... Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

- Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
Rest in Peace

Good Life

When you're happy like a fool
Let it take you over
When everything is out
You gotta take it in

Oh this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life
A good, good life

- One Republic, "Good Life"

Today

"Today — do not be angry.

Today — do not worry.

Today — be kind to yourself and others.

Today — be honest to yourself and others.

Today — work diligently."



– Usui Sensei, 1865-1926

Sailing

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."



- William Arthur Ward

Fickleness

"Now we're in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated," he says. "But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss."

- Plutarch, from the book "Mockingjay", the third in the Hunger Games Trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins

Know Life

‎"The way to know life is to love many things."

Vincent Van Gogh

Past

"Bring the past only if you are going to build from it."

- Doménico Cieri Estrada

Dues

"After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

- Sophia Loren