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"
Quotations
Life
-Chanakya "Chanakya"
It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.
-Epicurus
If you really wish to strengthen your individuality and accomplish something
great in life, then recognize the presence of "witness". Only because it is there,
you can feel that you are working.
-Deep Trivedi
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
-E. M. Forster
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
-Benjamin Franklin
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
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
-Katharine Hepburn
"Me: Stories of My Life"
Life has become immeasurably better since I have stopped taking it seriously.
-Hunter S. Thompson
It’s better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
"Eat, Pray, Love"
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
-Ayn Rand
