If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. Joseph Addison actdreamgreat Change image and share on social
When I was 18 I was just absorbing everything around me: whatever happens, happens. I was so naive and willing to ride whatever wave life threw at me. Paul Wesley absorblifenaive Change image and share on social
I like the idea of contained emotion because I grew up most of my life feeling that way. As an adolescent, people would always say I was not expressive, and they always made the mistake of thinking that I didn't feel anything because I didn't react to things. Shaun Tan adolescentcontainemotion share on social
To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean - that's scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went. Bethany Hamilton creativeenjoyessential Change image and share on social
I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees. Paul Theroux childconceivablyera Change image and share on social
That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life. Jack Henry Abbott dayhurtinside Change image and share on social
The clarification of equilibrium through plastic art is of great importance for humanity. It reveals that although human life in time is doomed to disequilibrium, notwithstanding this, it is based on equilibrium. It demonstrates that equilibrium can become more and more living in us. Piet Mondrian artbaseclarification share on social
My time at Yahoo, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life. Jerry Yang encompassexcitexperience Change image and share on social
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. Mike Murdock changedailylife Change image and share on social
The things we make have one supreme quality - they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives, and in each life they can mean different things. Which means that, while we all have one biography, they have many. Neil MacGregor biographylifelive share on social
