There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet"
Quotations
Life
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
-Edgar Allan Poe
Life has become immeasurably better since I have stopped taking it seriously.
-Hunter S. Thompson
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
-Eddie Cantor
Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.
-Haruki Murakami
"Kafka on the Shore"
Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme.
-Morrissey
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
-Alfred Adler
Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
-Wilson Mizner
This new life is endless, and even after my physical death it will be kept alive by those who live the life of complete renunciation of falsehood, lies, hatred, anger, greed and lust and who, to accomplish all this, do no lustful actions, do no harm to anyone.
-A Spiritual Leader "Meher Baba"
If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
-John Irving
"A Prayer for Owen Meany"
