#carpe-diem

"It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, but it’s how many things we have to quit all at once: music, laughter,the physics of falling leaves, automobiles, holding hands,the scent of rain, the concept of subway trains... if only one could leave this life slowly!"

"Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life"won’t last forever."

"Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable."

"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ..."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

"Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human."

"The people we consider successful in our society are all people that seize every moment and make the best of each situation."

"The future depends on what you do today."

"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."

"Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence."

"Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?"

"You live but once; you might as well be amusing."

"The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"Don't think, but look! (PI 66)"

"Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead."

"Forever is composed of nows."

"Stop waiting for the perfect day or the perfect moment... Take THIS day, THIS moment and lead it to perfection."

"The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'."

"My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]"