The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything. Wilde, Oscar
Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, Although they come and go by day, Are like the smith’s bellows: They take breath but are not alive. Nagarjuna
We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the tree of knowledge, but also because we have not eaten of the tree of life. Kafka, Franz
We are forced to participate in the games of life before we can possibly learn how to use the options in the rules governing them. Rieff, Philip
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal. France, Anatole