Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
-Margaret Fuller
I wonder why I don't go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip one hour more of sleep and live.
-Sylvia Plath
Life only begins to be an adventure when we cease living it for ourselves.
-Joel S. Goldsmith
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
-Theodor W. Adorno
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with the heart.
Scholars who incessantly contemplate acquiring strength and knowledge should also consider it their moral duty to impart knowledge to the ignorant, so that they can develop their mental faculties. This would automatically lead to the latter’s self-development and spiritual progress.