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"The art of living is based on rhythm - on give & take, ebb & flow, light & dark, life & death. By acceptance of all aspects of life, good & bad, right & wrong, yours & mine, the static, defensive life, which is what most people are cursed with, is converted into a dance, 'the dance of life,' metamorphosis."
"The good life begins with Christ and ends with me. I need to stop following me and stop trying to make life all about me."
"People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up"
"The one fact that I would cry form every housetop is this: the Good Life is waiting for us - here and now."
"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."
"If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all."
"I want the good life, but I don't want an easy ride. What I want is to work for it, feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips."
"Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself."
"Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it."
"What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time, there is the same problem: do I dare? And then if you do dare, the dangers are there, and the help also, and the fulfillment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of fiasco. But there's also the possibility of bliss."
"A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments."
"Success is not a destination, it's a journey."
"Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society."
"He's just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wanted. John's like that. He's a very rare man, a very good man, and I've had a good life with him. I'm proud to be walking in the wake of Johnny's fame."
"Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life."
"A peer relationship is one where the partners experience an affectionate, companionate coupledom. They are friends. They are the product of the egalitarian model; they are good life partners, but are often less sexual."
"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."
"When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old."
"I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry, and bad poets publish it. Thankfully I gave up rather quickly."
"But someone once described the contrast between a good life and a godly life as the difference between the top of the ocean and the bottom. On top, sometimes it's like glass -- serene and calm -- and other times it's raging and stormy. But hundreds of fathoms below, it is beautiful and consistent, always calm, always peaceful."
