The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet be fully alive.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Boss, life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble.
Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to unfasten your belt and look for a fight.
Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.
The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
To be alive at all involves some risk.
Life is extraordinarily resilient. It's been around for over a billion years.
If you are fully alive to the prospect of dying, you really start reprioritising your life.
You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence, accident, or disease.
Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them.