Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
Confine yourself to the present.
- Topic: Life, Time
- Location: Zion National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Be grateful that on this raging sea you have a mind to guide you.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
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If I had to define life in a word, it would be: Life is creation.
My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.
Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
Here must all distrust be left behind; all cowardice must be ended.
In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.
Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.
Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.
