In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain wrote, “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” He was quoting a Neil Young song about Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. When I was twenty-four, I interviewed John Lennon. I asked him about this sentiment, one that pervades rock and roll. He took strong, outraged exception to it. “It’s better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out, ” he said. “I worship people who survive. I’ll take the living and the healthy. – David Sheff

In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain wrote, “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” He was quoting a Neil Young song about Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. When I was twenty-four, I interviewed John Lennon. I asked him about this sentiment, one that pervades rock and roll. He took strong, outraged exception to it. “It’s better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out, ” he said. “I worship people who survive. I’ll take the living and the healthy. – David Sheff

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have. – Eckhart Tolle

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have. – Eckhart Tolle

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olvido. – Pablo Neruda

Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olvido. – Pablo Neruda

They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same. – Kurt Cobain

They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same. – Kurt Cobain

There’s a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won’t supply them. – Philip Pullman

There’s a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won’t supply them. – Philip Pullman

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have. – Eckhart Tolle

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have. – Eckhart Tolle

No matter how hard life is, don’t lose hope – Zayn Malik

No matter how hard life is, don’t lose hope – Zayn Malik

Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not “This is misfortune,” but “To bear this worthily is good fortune. – Marcus Aurelius

Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not “This is misfortune,” but “To bear this worthily is good fortune. – Marcus Aurelius

Have you ever seen the stars in the night? See them closely, they will tell you, how to be open, how to love and how to shine and twinkle without any differences and jealousy of other stars. – Santosh Kalwar

Have you ever seen the stars in the night? See them closely, they will tell you, how to be open, how to love and how to shine and twinkle without any differences and jealousy of other stars. – Santosh Kalwar

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. – Thomas à Kempis

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. – Thomas à Kempis

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up – Nelson Mandela

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up – Nelson Mandela