“If you are truly wise, you love life very deeply. You love the things in your life, transient though they may be.” IfsMayWisdomWiseBuddhismLove LifeVery DeepTransient Author:Frederick Lenz
“From powerful causes spring the empiric's gains, Man's love of life, his weakness, and his pains; These first induce him the vile trash to try, Then lend his name, that other men may buy.” MenTryingFirstsMayPainNamesCausesPowerfulSpringWeaknessGainsLove LifeTrashQuackery Book:The Poetical Works with His Letters and Journals and His Life by His Son. - London, John Murray 1834 Source: The Poetical Works with His Letters and Journals and His Life by His Son. - London, John Murray 1834
“You all know I have terminal cancer—and I have a lot of it. But what you may not know is that stress induces its spread and induces its activity. Stress may even bring it on. Yet stress is the fuel of the activist. This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life. I know I can't have both very long. The trade-offs are all right with me. But if the legacy we helped give Oregon and which made it twinkle from afar—if it goes, then I guess I wouldn't want to live in Oregon anyhow.” IfsKnowsWantGivingMayLongMadeI CanActivityStressTradeCancerSpreadMade ItLegacyFuelLove LifeActivistAfarTerminalOregonTrade OffsTerminal Cancer Author:Tom McCall