"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it." ― Niccolo Machiavelli Topic(s): Life Tags: escaped More From Niccolo Machiavelli "It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope." "There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others." "Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil." More In Life "This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live."― Omar N. Bradley "A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown."― Denis Waitley "I’m the one that has to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to."― Jimi Hendrix