“The tangible and factual components of reality along with the intangible strands of memory and imagination constitute the framework that houses our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We can only hope to live a meaningful life by serving as earnest witnesses to life’s tragic beauty.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“All life depends upon the opportunistic interplay between elemental forces, the mysterious dualities of the numinous universe. Ying and yang forces of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Engaging in meditative self-reflection and gaining increased control of inner experiences provides a person with a sense of control over fear and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person experiences time by traveling through the environment consisting of time and space, and encounters a variety of sense impressions. Time… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Over time marked with periodic starvation and after enduring a life lacking in wholesome personal habits, a person learns how to harness… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“There are times in life that we ascribe qualities or traits to other people that are inaccurate or fail to recognize other… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Every road leads to sorrow. All aspects that make life beautiful – friendship, love, art, and truth – will end. All aspects… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Every plant, tree, and animal is a blessing and every person has a purpose for living. Courage, curiosity, and generosity produce noble… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life gives us many gifts that we could hardly imagine. When we let go of preconceptions and witness life without the turmoil… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The womb of the world births us. My filth comes from the same earthwork that gives rise to all stories. My interior… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Witnessing the panoply of beauty in all of nature takes us out of our shell of self-absorption and makes us realize that… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person of large dreams does not allow other people’s opinion to damper his or her zestfulness. Overcoming fear of making an… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A life of hardship and personal suffering is unavoidable. A person must endure many humiliations of the mind and body, and expect… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Growing old is humbling and it takes effort to accomplish this stage of life with dignity.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“An inexhaustible capacity to engage in sin is what makes human beings capable of living a virtuous life. To err is human;… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life is only meaningless if we fail to make a resolute effort at achieving bliss, attaining the active state of oneness that… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A lifetime of memories does not provide empirical proof of the value of living. No one memory has a quantifiable value to… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“In war and other difficult enterprises in life, one can expect that people who possess useful skills will also display their share… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Autobiographical writing stands as lasting memorial for enduring the travails of an earthly life. Writing is an apt technique to score our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Living an engaged and contemplative existence allows a person to glean the quintessential experience of living mindfully.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Our reward for surviving the hard knocks of a corporal life is arguably paltry. The inevitability of the big sleep is our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person achieves enlightenment only through a purposeful engagement with life and by resolutely searching for truth and shedding artifices.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Disharmony at home or work is toxic to a person’s physical disposition and mental health.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The emotional ingredients that sustain long-term relationships are kindness, thoughtfulness, and compassion.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, representing the weakness of the human spirit.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Time is inexplicable because it moves – clicks away – at steady increments, while increasing the past and bringing the future into the present.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness; we take… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A period of darkness is essential in order to expand personal awareness. Experiencing sadness and loss makes a person appreciative of life, more tenderhearted,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“A person writes similar to how a blind person uses brail. We grope along the palpable corridors of the mind’s organic texture to locate… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“People frequently ask me why I work so hard - prolong hours, infrequent vacations, and never calling in sick or missing work for any… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The ego is the culmination of our preferences and dislikes. Our ego represents the firm edges of how we perceive ourselves. An ego death… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Witnessing the moonrise each month, a person cannot resist noting a modest sense of optimism tugging at his or her enclosed capsule of bodily… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
