"Whether we call it sacrifice, or poetry,..." - Quote by Aristotle

“This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.”

“As our acts vary, our habits will follow in their course.”

“To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.”

“Whatever your calling or purpose is, it's your job to feel it. No gift that you have been given was made for yourself.”

“In my view, wholesome pleasure, sport, and recreation are as vital to this nation as productive work and should have a large share in the national budget.”

“Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.”

“The walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise, as it is called, as the sick take medicine at stated hours ... but is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day.”

“Life is to be lived as a magnificent adventure, or not at all.”

“Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. . . Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art: to bring all our energies to each encounter, to remain flexible enough to notice and admit when what we expected to happen did not happen. We need to remember that we are created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.”