That was the thing about life. Habit and routine made things feel permanent, but that was all an illusion based on the very flimsy foundation of repetition. Change and chaos was a far better bet to...

A dream postponed is a dream we deny ourselves.

Each sunrise is a precious jewel . . . for it may never be followed by its sunset.

But one way or another competing and weeding takes place . . . or a race goes downhill.

Wealth should never be your goal in life. True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.

"I can't get enough adventure," Magnus said lightly. "And adventure cannot get enough of me."

Meanwhile, time is one of our most scarce resources. At the moment, you are reading instead of working, playing with the dog, applying to law school, shopping for groceries, or having sex. Life is...

As Sharon Poczter, professor of economics at Cornell, explains, The antiquated rhetoric of 'having it all' disregards the basis of every economic relationship: the idea of trade-offs. All of us are...

The only things needed in life are security, knowledge, and a lot of audacity.

Most good chefs believe there is no such thing as too much garlic.

Most people start from disadvantage {often with no idea they are doing so} and do just fine. It's not unfair, it's universal.

"I am not perfect." It came out in a rush of breath. "See, I thought I was. Thank God I ain't. See, a perfect thing ain't got a chance. The world kills it, everything perfect. {Listen to him!} Now...

Life is a dynamic rather than a static process, and when we don't change it kills us. It's not running away, it's moving on.

I think of how life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes through sheer happenstance, sometimes through calculated decisions. In the end, it can all be called fate, but to me, it is more a...

In one sense, faith is about embracing this bigger story and allowing our own story to become part of it.

If I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important.

I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying. - Prince Kheldar of Drasnia

Gilbert darling, don't let's ever be afraid of things. It's such dreadful slavery. Let's be daring and adventurous and expectant. Let's dance to meet life and all it can bring to us, even if it brings...

There were pieces missing yet but they would fall into place and then maybe the whole of it would make sense.

There's always more to life than money, Will. Money is just a means to an end. It shouldn't be the goal. Annie Lambert

Some say men continually war against circumstances, but I say they perpetually flee. What are the works of men if not a momentary respite, a hiding place soon to be discovered by catastrophe? Life is...

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allot myself the luxury of living it so badly.

When each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day—the sunrises.

No one ever loses anyone. We are all one soul that needs to continue growing and developing in order for the world to carry on and for us all to meet once again.

There's always tomorrow. Exactly, she said, finishing off her first doughnut, selecting a second. Maybe she wouldn't starve to death, she decided. Maybe she'd eat herself into obesity and explode....

I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work, and there will always be misfortunes we can't control lurking out at the edges-storms, sickness, wolves. But...

There is nothing so unsatisfactory as an ending with loose ends, this modern tendency to leave books incomplete.

A life lived from the back seat, observed as it blurred by. An indifferent life.

One of the most common versions of this mistake that high-potential young professionals make is believing that investments in life can be sequenced.

As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living.