Quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

[helicon]

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Kind of similar...

"Do every act of life as if it were your last" - Marcus Aurelius

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"Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last" - Marcus Aurelius

[messier 111]

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. James Allen

[messier 111]

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise. George Gershwin

[messier 111]

Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive. Mel Brooks

[messier 111]

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is. Jorge Luis Borges

[messier 111]

Each one of us decides to incarnate upon this planet at a particular point in time and space. We have chosen to come here to learn a particular lesson that will advance us upon our spiritual, evolutionary pathway. Louise L. Hay

[messier 111]

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center. Seamus Heaney

[GCoyote]

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center. Seamus Heaney

You are not an object. You are an event.

[notFritzArgelander]

Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is. Jorge Luis Borges

Borges is a favorite, thanks.

[messier 111]

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle. Ralph Waldo Emerson

[messier 111]

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change. John Cleese

[messier 111]

My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past. Hugh Leonard

[messier 111]

Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow. Tom Wilson

[messier 111]

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

[messier 111]

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. Robert E. Lee

[messier 111]

Each one of us decides to incarnate upon this planet at a particular point in time and space. We have chosen to come here to learn a particular lesson that will advance us upon our spiritual, evolutionary pathway. Louise L. Hay

[messier 111]

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle. Ralph Waldo Emerson

[messier 111]

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. William James

[notFritzArgelander]

Each one of us decides to incarnate upon this planet at a particular point in time and space. We have chosen to come here to learn a particular lesson that will advance us upon our spiritual, evolutionary pathway. Louise L. Hay

It’s one choice of mythology. There’s others.

[notFritzArgelander]

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. William James

But don’t we all do that?