“I believe there’s no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.” Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote (1605)

“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play….” James Michener

“The only thing in life that’s really interesting is the contest. We are all contestants–whether we admit it or not. If I read 20 pages of a book and they’re no good, I put … Read More

“Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.” Wilbur Smith

“And only the enlightened can recall their former lives; for the rest of us, the memories of past existences are but glints of light, twinges of longing, passing shadows, disturbingly familiar, that are gone … Read More

“Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moment’s safety. All was confusion and action, and every moment life and limb were in peril.” Jack London Call of the Wild (1903)

“He who has traveled far and seen much is apt to fancy he has lived long…” James Fenimore Cooper The Deerslayer (1841)

“To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.” Robert Louis Stevenson An Inland Voyage (1878)