That Is Life. Quotes

Whether you agree with its policy or not, your dealing with government is not voluntary, but coercive. Government is the very antithesis of ‘free market’.

Bad economics teaches that computers can design markets. Good economics teaches that markets can design computers.

[Economics] is all about observing the world with genuine curiosity and admitting that it is full of mysteries

I'm not afraid of heights, I actually want to go higher.

The nineteenth century will ever be known as the one in which the influences of science were first fully realised in civilised communities

[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether those things would be of any use.

The word "impossible" is only in the mindAnd not in the heart.If we can remain in the heart, There will be no end to our progress.

It is always a mistake to underestimate how long it takes for mankind to understand the traumas it has suffered, especially the self-inflicted ones.

Being overly critical of yourself is like having a relentless, inescapable bully who follows you everywhere you go and abuses you.

You have to reach out to your inner-abuser and make peace. You can't live your life as your own worst enemy!

A person raised in a healthy family is equipped to live a confident and independent life

Friendship is like a stubborn child who is playing hide and seek with your life. You have to find him at the darkest places of your heart in difficult times. And when you find the child

We are just good friends. This sentence is enough to destroy at least one person.

A nice warm shower, a cup of tea, and a caring ear may be all you need to warm your heart.

A true friend let’s you know that the door is always open, even when it’s closed.

A true friend lets you know that the door is always open, even when it’s closed.

It is not the amount of friends that is important, but the amount of integrity, sincerity, and love in your friends

The principle component in any genuine friendship is caring, not competition.

The principle component in any genuine friendship is compassion, not competition.

The principal component in any genuine friendship is caring, not competition.

A true friend reminds you why you should believe in yourself when you have forgotten.

When choosing friends, I seek quality, not quantity.

If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited.

You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.''And yet it is still extremely funny.

Plato believed that insanity was essential to our nature and assumed that it held esoteric knowledge about who we are.

I rehearsed Foucault's argument that the presence of madness on our doorstep is good for us, for it reminds us the life we live is only one among several human possibilities.

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity--it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can.

Want less, need less, live more.

People cannot live forever, but memories can. Never pass up an opportunity to create awesome memories with your special ones.

Taking care of yourself, taking time for yourself & rewarding yourself is NOT selfish. It’s important & absolutely necessary!

Your opinion should always be based on what you have seen with your own eyes, what you have heard with your own ears and what you have felt with your own heart.

You NEED to look back to remember the awesome memories, to remember the positive lessons you have learned, to help someone else learn from what you have lived and to see how far you have come.

Really think about what you want your eulogy to say about you, then live THAT.

Zen probably won’t solve a single one of our problems. What it might do is help us relate differently to what we consider problems.

I cannot help but wonder if any parents ever actually schedule in adolescent drama on their day planners. Looks like a slow week, Sarah. I guess I can pencil in your eating disorder.

The next my parents and Brianna come rollin' up in here, I'm gonna scream, "Hey! Why don't y'all just MOVE IN?!

Some of the things I hated my parents for when I was younger are the same things I love my parents for now that I'm older.

Don't you ever want to have just one thing that no one else knows about, so no one can ruin it for you?

The secret is in realizing your internal gifts and then setting them free.

A cat’s secrets run so deep that even the cat itself is often unaware. Their mysteries are as natural as whiskers.

For most secrets are kept by these: the darkness, the silence, and the cat.

In a few seconds, we judge another person and think we know them. When, the person we’ve lived with the longest, we still don’t know very well—ourselves.

Connecting with yourself and knowing yourself is a monumental and life changing event.

You have no right to kill others. Then how can you have a right to kill yourself?

When you are stuck in the same routine for months, you stop seeing new opportunities.

Life depends on time and he who least values time and what to really do with his time will get to the end of the time in his lifetime only to ponder over the times he had in his life! Remember always

Every challenge that comes your way is an opportunity for you to do something remarkable.

Asking questions opens up new doors, new opportunities, and new ideas. It helps you think, create, and discover.

The opportunities that can be envisioned then created are endless.

If you want more opportunities you have to become an opportunity for others. As you advance yourself your opportunities advance too.