Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Quotes on Life

You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.

It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.