There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.
-George Santayana
Quotations
Life
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
-Oscar Wilde
Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.
-Sri Chaitanya "Sri Chaitanya"
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
-Garth Stein
"The Art of Racing in the Rain"
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
-Nelson Mandela "Nelson Mandela"
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
The evil ruler spoils the word, the plan of life, by his teachings. He, indeed, deprives me of the exalted goal of good thought. With the word of my spirit, I pray to You, O Wise One, and to truth!
-Scriptures "Avesta, Yasna 32.9"
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
-George Bernard Shaw
If you closely observe life, you will find, here with every pleasure there is pain...
and with every pain, pleasure. Hence, among all that is happening, if you keep
your eyes fixed only at the brighter side of it, you can always be happy.
-Deep Trivedi
The light teaches you to convert life into a festive promenade.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
