“Life should be great rather than long.”
“After all, life was like that for most of us – the small unpleasantnesses rather than the great tragedies; the little useless longings rather than the great renunciations and dramatic love affairs of history or fiction.”
“Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?”
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.”
“Better to live your life open rather than exist on borrowed time, waiting for the great unmasking.”
“One should part from life as Ulysses parted from Nausicaa-- blessing it rather than in love with it.”