“ We learn invaluable life lessons from people whom exhibit courage and grace under extraordinary circumstances. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Humankind’s struggle against a hostile environment causes people throughout the ages to deploy their full armory of logic, training, strategy, imagination, inventiveness, and creativity. We are born w… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Every child matures, which is both a blessing and a damn shame. Children can imagine worlds that never exist, worlds far more interesting and consoling than an adult knows. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Memory, imagination, and passionately responding in accord with the deeply embedded impulse to act with decency are pliable mechanisms that we can employ to attain happiness. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Imagination and recollection of cherished memories of the pastimes are closely related. We do not recall memories verbatim. As our perspective changes regarding our place in the world, we shift throug… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ In a suspended psychic state, writers cull words and symbols from the mystical world of memory, imagination, and intuition. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Regret comes in four tones that operate in unison to shape our lives. First, we regret the life that we lived, the decisions we made, the words we said in anger, and enduring the shame wrought from ex… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ A life premised upon honest effort and questing for love is bound to generate regret and remorse. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ A life of conflict and greediness causes a person to suffer from the rheumatism of sadness. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ No one wants to occupy a black hole of sadness and despair or slip on the tight rope that separates sanity from insanity, and reside in a vortex devoid of reality. I entered the world as a freeman and… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Time possesses emotional potency. For persons whom suffer from of bereavement, time possesses a healing capacity. Passage of time cures heartache by dimming the mind’s attunement to painful occurrence… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Every road leads to sorrow. All aspects that make life beautiful – friendship, love, art, and truth – will end. All aspects that make life hideous – pain, poverty, illness, betrayal, hate, crime, war… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ The closet bond that we share with our brethren is that of grief. Every community knows sorrow. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Quietude is the hermit’s humble tool. An intrepid person might attempt to wring out of him or herself a translucent state of creative consciousness by deliberately cutting oneself off from all outside… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ At some point in life every person encounters haunting feelings of loneliness, because the feeling of being alone and withdrawing deeply into the inner self is part of the human condition. A person mi… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Engaging in meditative self-reflection and gaining increased control of inner experiences provides a person with a sense of control over fear and trembling and the chaos of life. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Meditative thoughts assist people escape a vapid fantasy life and reconnect with ultimate reality. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Living is a creative and active process of diligent learning that entails industrious human action, attentive awareness, and thoughtful reflection. Learning is one facet of human beings innate capacit… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Doubt is the stock in trade all philosophers as well as all scientific persons. Conversely, certainty is the cane that all religious fanatics and other zealots wield with outrageous righteousness. Onl… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ The ability to experience bliss requires the gift of attentive awareness, curiosity, and constant learning. We are ultimately the product of what we want – our personal obsessions – and how we think.… Kilroy J. Oldster
