#ow

What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#children #deep #difficult #how #i

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#conjunction #explain #hear #i #i am

You know who my gods are, who I believe in fervently? Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson - she's probably the top - Mozart, Shakespeare, Keats. These are wonderful gods who have gotten me through the narrow straits of life. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#emily #fervently #gods #gotten #herman

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#does #favorable #know #port #sailing

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#how #life #long #matters #tale

As long as you live, keep learning how to live. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#keep #learning #live #long #you

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#expecting #greatest #impediment #living #loses

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#harbor #knows #man #right #seeks

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#consult #counsel #especially #friend #his

Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#ends #everywhere #foreign #friends #having