Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
-Hans Christian Anderson
Quotations
Life
Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.
-Paulo Coelho
It is a reality of life that affection is not always reciprocated.
-Alison Gardner
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
-Albert Einstein
Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
-Bodhidharma "Bodhidharma"
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
-Dalai Lama
We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
-Lauryn Hill
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
-John Lennon
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
-Henry David Thoreau "Henry David Thoreau"
