Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives
My job is to inspire others to live full lives. Whether I do that through my writing or my actions are one in the same.
Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
Where I live is about an hour and a half West of London. I live in the countryside... It's a classic little village, and it's idyllic in a lot of ways.
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
A good book should leave you....slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.
The cost to reconnect animals to live in natural settings without human support is a debt that many animals in transition must honor with their lives.
For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.
The world we live in is not purely visual. For me it's totally poly-sensorial so the tactile, sensual aspect of living in the work that I do is brought to the fore.
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.
Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war.
The earth is a beehive; we all enter by the same door but live in different cells.
You have to be rich to be able to live like a poor man.
The white man lives in the castle; when he dies, he lies in the ground.
While the sun is still up, let people work that the earth may live.
If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp.
Those who live together cannot hide their behinds from each other.
If a man would live in peace, he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
