"Thoughts from Bruce"

• Dying is not for the faint of heart.
• I've discovered that you really can take it with you, but you have to eat it first.
• Today was a good day, and that's enough for one day.
• I won't live my life for you, nor should you for me, but together we can help each other a lot.
• Always keep your canoe in good repair.
• In the end your life will be judged not by how much stuff you leave with, but how much love you leave behind.
• Ultimately we get all our energy from the sun. The best way is to soak it up directly.
• As long as the music is playing, just keep on dancing.
• Everyone should have a creative outlet of some kind.
• I love the feeling of light rain sprinkling in my hair.
• When I look around, I find myself so surrounded by love and support that I can't help feeling wonderful, whatever the future holds.
• If you're having a good day, delight in it. Tomorrow will look after itself.
• It's sometimes hard to accept help when you're not used to it. Try imagining how good it makes your helper feel.
• The tiny things you do for the people around you may not change history, but they change the world.It
• There's only one way to get 'life experience'.
• Spending time in the wilderness is a great way to recharge your soul.
• The world would be a better place if everyone could appreciate e^iπ = -1
• It's important to consider and respect other people, but don't base your life on what other people think.
• Work hard, play hard. Don't hold back.
• Never be afraid to get your hands dirty. It washes off.
• Computers are great. You need a computer to make 100,000 errors per second.
• The old songs are the best songs.
• Don't get trapped by ambition. When you have enough, you're allowed to stop and enjoy it.
• Read to your children every day. Books are the doorways to the universe.
• There's nothing wrong with making an honest mistake - just try not to repeat your mistakes.
• My favourite prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference
• Love hurts. Love heals. Love endures.
• There’s nothing quite like the pleasure of completing a difficult task and knowing you’ve done it well.
• Create something - a poem, or a theorem, or a painting. Creation is one of the great joys of life.
• Think carefully about how you spend your time. You can always get more money, but where are you going to get more time?
• Some people are born to hard lives. I’ve been very lucky – I’ve always had to look for something hard to do.
• The greenhouse effect isn’t going to kill off the human race. As soon as we wipe out industrial civilization we’ll stop burning fossil fuel and things will improve.
• I love that quantum mechanics and chaos theory together give us the loophole we need to reconcile free will and scientific determinism.
• I'm glad my basic rights include health care and don't include carrying a gun.
• Elegance is bliss.
• Enjoy whatever life offers. It only comes around once.
• Here's a magic phrase that can make your dreams come true: 'I will'. Use it often.
• Never panic too early.
• Keep your expectations realistic. Barbequed food is supposed to be black.
• Being brave is just like being afraid, only you keep putting one foot in front of the other.
• Everyone believes in peace and love at Christmas. That's one day down, 364 to go.
• Take risks in your life. If you can't risk something you don't really own it.
• Pick a job you can love - you'll spend half your waking life there.
• Death is just Mother Nature's way of telling you to slow down.
• Take care of yourself. If you don't, who will?
• Expect a lot from your friends, and they will generally live up to your expectations.
• Reach for your dreams. No guts, no glory!
• One of our fundamental needs is the need to be needed.
• If you do a good job for the pure joy of it, the rewards will follow.
• There are plenty of big challenges in life. Don't sweat the small stuff.
• I believe your state of mind has a huge impact on your body - but I don't believe in miracles.
• Never doubt that you can change the world. Every time you make a choice you change the world.
• Life is too short and sweet to waste reliving what might have been or worrying about what might come. Live in the present.
• It isn't all that hard to know the answers. The hard part is knowing what questions to ask.
• In life, as in a marriage, you generally get out what you put in.
• If we cut down all the trees, where will we go to get away from civilization?
• We should all travel more - it would help us stop whining and realize how fortunate we are.
• All of human behaviour boils down to a simple rule: people do what works.
• Nothing should be taken to excess - most of all moderation.
• There's no place like home.
• I defer to no moral authority; I can tell right from wrong without a rulebook. I would have made a lousy Nazi.
• When all else fails, take a coffee break.
• Life is choice. If we can no longer choose the path, we can still choose whether to go cheerfully or kicking and screaming.
• Composite materials combine things like carbon fibres and epoxy to make a material that is stronger and tougher than either. My life is a composite of Science and Love.
• Getting better, one day at a time
• We never have everything we want. We can either be happy for all the things we have or be miserable for all the things we don't. Which one sounds like the better strategy to you?