When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is easy to miss.
--Boris Pasternak

My religion is to live – and die – without regret.
Milarepa

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln

It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
Lewis Carroll

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
William Wallace

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
John Leonard