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
Learning is retained through putting into practice; family prestige is maintained through good behavior; a respectable person is recognised by his excellent qualities; and anger is seen in the eyes.
-Chanakya "Chanakya"
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
"Flaubert's Parrot"
The light teaches you to convert life into a festive promenade.
-Dejan Stojanović
"The Sun Watches the Sun"
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
-Jean Cocteau
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
It is a good practice to set apart at least one day in a year for the remembrance of one’s near and dear relatives, friends and learned people that are no more in keeping with our traditions; giving a new orientation to and infusing new life into practices that have become lifeless and meaningless to many.
-Scriptures "The Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism"
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.
-Jonathan. L. Huie "Jonathan. L. Huie"
That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.
-Emily Dickinson
