Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Quotations
Life
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"
We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
-Lauryn Hill
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"
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
Life is only the present. And in the present, neither there is room for memories of
the past nor worries of the future. The root cause of all the miseries of life is the
effort to accommodate the past or future in the present.
-Deep Trivedi
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
-Paulo Coelho
"Eleven Minutes"
Life has become immeasurably better since I have stopped taking it seriously.
-Hunter S. Thompson
One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.
-Agatha Christie
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
-Woody Allen
