That Is Life. Quotes

I never really thought about how when I look at the moon, it's the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.

So we baked and sweated together. I like punching the dough. I told myself it was the moon and punched it senseless.

What can a fallen star wish for, but it fulfills other's wishes, is it not?

I've noticed that great political leaders are energized by conflict. I'm energized by listening to people's stories and trying to figure out shared solutions. That's the work of an organizer.

The statement at the core of all disagreements: I’m right, you’re wrong.

What we hear and see through the filter of bias becomes our truth, while planting the seeds of conflict.

Conflict avoidance often causes greater conflict.

Peace does not mean an absence of conflict, because opposition, polarity and conflict are natural and universal laws.

There is no way to escape conflict in life, and there is no way to escape peace in life.

Conflict connects us to life, just as life connects us to conflict.

Peace is a way of constructively handling natural conflict.

Why would God provide heaven on earth when he's planned the real thing for you in eternity?

While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow. God views our lives from and for eternity, so he is never in a hurry.

As a Christian, your godly life and your godly mothering sends its shimmering wake throughout all eternity.

The trees are a thousand times taller than me, and hundreds of years older, and the rocks and leaves and plants and animals never do anything silly like kill each other or fall in love or grow up.

To make the most of your life, you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.

Eternity is to us as time, the age to come, the continuation, the manifestation, and perfection of our present and true existence.

everything/ that ever was still is, somewhere

People fail to realize there's a difference in kinds of money. There is old money and there is new money. Old money has political power but new money has only purchasing power. (1963)

Be more than a father, be a dad. Be more than a figure, be an example.

The gods are real crazy when it comes to prayers. They listen to some sometimes and do not listen to some sometimes. But the whole world prays, nonetheless-All the time

Want something true?- I killed god... ...Hahaha, look your face... you started believing me... whaterver to be honest god is the world best Illusion in this world "Matrix".

The more important one feels the greater the illusion is.

Life is an illusion which wisely prevents you from seeing yourself fully.

There is a difference between giving-up and strategic disengagement. Know the difference.

A shared vision driven by core values is a powerful alchemy.

At some point in any adult life, we have to understand that business decisions cannot be made with an emotional bias.

I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed

Many times, the thought of fear itself is greater than what it is we fear.

I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

But love doesn't do what's easy. Love does what's necessary and right.

The sun shines on all and all alike, It's not surprising that we feel good when we immerse ourselves in nature.

What you consider as real may not exist at all, and what you cannot see today may turn out to be the purpose of your life one day.

there is a truth in everyone that lies deep within

...everywhere I am is true.

While the world piles fear on top of light, our job is to remember that light within. When we do, whatever seems to conceal it ceases to exist

Everybody in my family believed in ghosts, and my grandma said it wasn't just bad people who turned into them, it was bad deeds too.

Though Abdul had been as afraid of ghosts as most Annawadi boys, these reports did not disturb him. Being terrorized by living people seemed to have diminished his fear of the dead.

If I like a moment, I don't like to have the distraction of camera - I just want to stay in it.

You can't reinvent yourself using spare parts..."--Barry Randall from My Father's Ashes

I refer to them as miracles-although some may call them fortunate circumstances-because I believe there are no accidents or surprises with God.

Stop now and always wonder. Press forward and tap the wonder.

Money is a good weapon against the scum and is of no consequence to the noble mind. - On Money.

The author says the earliest Australian aborigines devoted extraordinary amounts of energy to enterprises no one now can understand.

Remember, the security and happiness you are seeking is not in your material possessions, your degrees, or relationships. It is much closer than you think.

[G]iving yourself some loving attention is not selfish. It is sensible. If you feel loved and cherished--even if it is only by yourself--then you will have more love to give to others, too. (83)

We who were born into privilege and opportunity were given these gifts with an expectation: to give them away.

Giving saves lives. Especially the giver’s.

The meaning of life is simply the meaning we give to it.

Life wants you to be able to fully receive and give affection and love.