Pregled posta

grown to realize

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.