He
that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish
to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than
the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their
passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.''
-- Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British
Author
Be a
life long or short, its completeness depends on what
it was lived for.
-- David Starr Jordan
1851-1931, American
Biologist, Educator
Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth
time the reality of experience and to forge in the
smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my
race.
-- James Joyce
1882-1941, Irish
Author
Life's
splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us
in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep
down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not
hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it
by the right word, by its right name, it will come.
-- Franz Kafka
1883-1924, German
Novelist, Short-Story Writer
