Martin Shifflet

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“We're all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions, moral choices. Some are on a grand scale, most of these choices are on lesser points. But we define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are, in fact, the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, Human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. it is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying and even try to find joy from simple things, like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more”
― Woody Allen

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
― Mark Twain