And never stop dancing : thirty more true things you need to know now / Gordon Livingston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingston, Gordon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Marlowe & Co., c2006.

Summary:

From the author of the national bestseller Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, thirty more true things we need to know now-finally available in paperback.

Contents:

About the Author; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Paradox governs our lives.; 2 Much of what we think we know is untrue.; 3 Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves.; 4 Marriage ruins a lot of good relationships.; 5 It is easier to be angry than sad.; 6 Action is eloquence.; 7 It is better to be spent than saved.; 8 If you have anything to say, say it now, for the eternal silence is at hand.; 9 We are defined by what we fear.; 10 The best stepparents do the least parenting.; 11 One of life's most difficult tasks is to see ourselves as others see us.

12 Moral certainty is the reward of the true believer.13 Relinquish dignity last.; 14 Though much is taken, much abides.; 15 The important questions are unanswerable.; 16 Attachment is the source of all suffering.; 17 We all live downstream.; 18 You can change who you are without rejecting who you were.; 19 It is a sense of meaning that nourishes the soul.; 20 We were not meant to live alone.; 21 The primary difference between intelligence and stupidity is that there are limits to intelligence.; 22 The ears are the primary organs of seduction.; 23 No one ever died of insomnia.

24 Heroism is in the eye of the beholder.25 We are all capable of anything.; 26 We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.; 27 Happiness requires an ability to tolerate uncertainty.; 28 As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.; 29 Every snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.; 30 Most people die with their music still inside them.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-7867-2653-9

OCLC:

300718884