True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
Henry Miller
I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful... →
Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.
Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.
Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is... →
In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to... →
Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as... →
Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.