This Life Quotes

Life isn't a book. There's no guarantee of a happy ending.

Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.

I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.

We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.

Life's managed, not cured.

There is no key to open the heart of another - except curiosity.

How keen everyone is to make this world their home forgetting its impermanence It's like trying to see and name constellations in a fireworks display.

I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

Where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination

Wherever you are, however you got there, if it's good, you're meant to be there either because you earned it or life led you there and you were smart enough to hold on.

Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives.

If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.

Reproduction is more pleasurable than death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.

The dream crossed twilight between birth and dying.

What is life? It departs covertly. Like a thief Death took him.

I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.

Life is a poem most people never read.

What is important is the story. Because when we are all dust and teeth and kicked-up bits of skin - when we're dancing with our own skeletons - our words might be all that's left of us.

I'm writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer.

Have you found someone to share your heart with? Are you giving to your community? Are you at peace with yourself? Are you trying to be as human as you can be?

That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled.

Some things need to be left unsaid.

I say if it's going to be done, let's do it. Let's not put it in the hands of fate. Let's not put it in the hands of someone who doesn't know me. I know me best. Then take a breath and go ahead.

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully

Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go.

Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.

I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs.

The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.

All Disruption starts with introspection.

The only thing between you and success is your thinking. Defeatist thoughts are the mother of inaction.

You have to be emotionally attached to what you are doing.

Flexibility is a requirement for survival.

You know how creative people are, we have to try everything until we find our niche.

People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.

If you honestly know how you help people, then you should become passionate about sharing it, spread the good news, give everyone a chance to share in the solutions that you can provide.

Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.

I may not be old but I’m too old to have this much nothing

Let's make something happen to this world.

I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.

Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.

Spiritual Practice involves being constantly aware

Know the one who wants nothing to be the wealthiest.

Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and trusting them with your life.