Quotations
Life
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.
- Gustave Flaubert
Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.
- Sylvia Plath
It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
- Anne Lamott
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.
- Julian Barnes
A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches and thoughts. And the consequences, whether good or bad of even the least of them, are far-reaching.
- Swami Sivananda
The refined form of "human" body, mind, culture and consciousness that we
witness today is the result of countless unsuccessful efforts spanning over millions
of years. We cannot afford to waste such a precious life only on education,
marriage, children, chasing wealth and pangs of old age.
- Deep Trivedi
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
- Nelson Mandela
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
- Charles Buxton
People no longer try to decipher the mystery of life but choose instead to be a part of it.
- Paulo Coelho
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
- Søren Kierkegaard
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