Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know not where. Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality.

Anche oggi tempo splendido, una di quelle gloriose giornate della Sierra in cui ci si sente come dissolti, assorbiti, spinti innanzi pulsanti, non si sa dove. La vita non pare né lunga né breve, non ci si preoccupa di risparmiare tempo o di affrettarsi più di quanto facciano alberi e stelle. Questa è la vera libertà, un buon surrogato mortale dell'immortalità.

Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours
Should not be numbered by years, daies, and hours.

Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consultation for death.

The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.

Contrary to what many may think, immortality is not a fairy tale invented to compensate for an unhappy life. Rather, it is the perception shared by nearly all sentient beings that our conscious lives are not bounded by this time and space. We are not merely lumps of animate matter. We are living spirits — we all feel this innately. And in our deepest hearts, we know that we can only find ultimate fulfilment in union with the supreme spiritual reality — a reality that appears, even during this earthly life, to take us beyond the narrow limits of time.

And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.

In a world of true abundance you shouldn't have to work to justify your life.

Stars and blossoming fruit trees: Utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

there are no shorcuts to happiness and light.

If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration, but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.

Life is short. Life is long. Life is. It is whatever we wish to make it be. That is the gift. We may fall, veer wildly off course, make mistakes. You know, being human and all. Makes no difference. Desire and commitment are fundamental human qualities as well, available anytime. A reset is as simple as this moment.

It is life, more than death, that has no limits.