Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate. ”

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder. ”

Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it. ”

I live a very secluded life, a very contemplative life and a very meditative one. That is my ideal life. ”

On a spiritual level, it's as though with my sighted eye I see what's before me, and with my unsighted eye I see what's hidden. It's illuminated life more than darkened it. ”

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it. ”

I think all documentaries leave out areas of people's lives. Which is good. There are areas that need not be explored. ”

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young. ”

I was motivated to write about violence because I believe it's not unusual. I see it as just a part of life, and I think we get in trouble when we separate people who've experienced it from those who haven't. ”

Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every day. The melodies are timeless in the rock world, the lyrics are words that I need to say, and they need to be heard again. ”